C1.3 Unit 4 Urban Issues

1. Write a paragraph about your home city or town using the following phrasal verbs.

break down

face up to

phase out

burn down

date back to

tear down

measure up to

2. Use ellipsis or substitution to change the following sentences.

1. Do you want a chocolate cupcake or do you want a vanilla cupcake? 

2. We have visited many countries but our friends have not visited many countries because of their demanding jobs. 

3. My dog Humphrey is a beautiful specimen of a German Shepherd however my brother’s dog is not a beautiful specimen. 

4. The human rights lawyers have defended many refugees but their colleagues in the Sydney office have not defended many refugees.

3. What do these words and phrases mean?
















free reign
















at a premium





















bubble wrap

















unchecked

















eerie























social engineering




















unsanitary















quarters















What's the difference between...



















costly and pricey
















altogether and on the whole

















admittedly and honestly















in contrast and on the contrary















measure up to and measure up















collapse and tear down

4. Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. Use three to six words in your answer, including the word in brackets, as in the example.

Example

All the other members of the family are younger than Uncle Paul. (the) 

Uncle Paul is the oldest member of the family. 

1 I live closer to the bus stop than Julia does. (away) 

Julia lives                                                than me.  

2 These apples aren’t as tasty as the ones Kannu bought. (than) 

The apples Kannu bought 

3 The massacre was among the most despicable episodes in the regiment’s history. (one) 

The massacre was                                                   in the regiments history. 

4 The ending of the film wasn’t as sentimental as I’d expected. (than) 

I’d expected the ending of the film to be                                          it was.  

5 Melinda’s essay wasn’t  bad as the others. (as) 

Melinda’s essay

6 All the other flights were more expensive than the Easy jet one. (of) 

The East jet flight 

7 That was easily the most ridiculous story I’ve ever heard. (by) 

That was                                  I’ve ever heard .  

8  Of the two sisters,  Sophie and Caroline, Sophie is the elder. (than)  

Sophie is                                                         sister Caroline.  

C1.3 Unit 4 - Urban Issues

What do these words and phrases mean?
















free reign
















at a premium





















bubble wrap

















unchecked

















eerie























social engineering




















unsanitary















quarters















What's the difference between...



















costly and pricey
















altogether and on the whole

















admittedly and honestly















in contrast and on the contrary















measure up to and measure up















collapse and tear down

Ingenious homes in unexpected places

In the center of Caracas, Venezuela, stands the 45-story "Tower of David," an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. But about eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places, touring us through the family apartments of Torre David, a city on the water in Nigeria, and an underground village in China. Glorious images celebrate humanity's ability to survive and make a home — anywhere.












Part 1. Torre David, Caracas, Venzuela. Listen from 2:13 - 6:10

developer
column
lobby
services
come up with
inhabitant
micro-economy
adjacent
reclaimed
hike
figure out
transparency
circulation
adapt
labour of love
make the best
facade

Vocab / phrases: maybe write a translation into your first language for the newer words. Check with me. 

to pe_r 

f__-away (adj.) 

g___erator (n.) 

dr___ed to the T (colloquial) 

nig__fall (n.) 

save __r (synonymous with “except for” or “apart from”)  

to me_d (fix) 

gr_d (n.) (for electricity) (or a series of squares or rectangles) 

sc__es of (large numbers of) 

iconog____hies 

f_ux (adj.) (fake) 

stomach-chu___ng odor (bad smell) 

lan__ill (n.) 

in___pitable (adj.) 

un___erved (adj.) 

dwe___ng (n.) 

re-a__ropriate (to use for a new purpose?) 

to ta_ into 

ing___ious (adj.) 

cook__-cutter housing (speaker’s own expression) 

gen__ic (adj.) 

plag__ of sameness (unusual expression – the speaker dislikes sameness) 

Watch here:

Ingenious homes in unexpected places

Animal telepathy - from Diablo to Spirit

Is telepathy possible? How about inter-species telepathy?

Before listening, discuss:

1. What exactly makes humans different from other species? Are we as different as we believe?

2. Have you ever experienced a strong relationship with an animal? Talk about how you communicated.

3. What is an animal communicator? Do you believe some people can communicate on a complex level with animals?



Watch:

Diablo to Spirit


00:00 - 3:55

1. Why does the presenter have doubts about Anna's abilities?

2. What did Jurg do before he came to the park?

3. Why did the presenter see the case of Diablo as a "unique opportunity"?

4. What is Jurg's opinion on animal communicators?

Pause at 3:55 and discuss the questions

Do you share Jurg's scepticism?


3:55 - 5:55

T / F

1. The presenter gave Anna some information about Diablo.

2. Anna eventually calmed Diablo down.

3. Diablo understands what his name means.

Discuss question 3. Is it possible for an animal to understand the meaning of their name? How is that possible?


5:55 - 9:40

Fill the gaps:

a great sense of care and ______

it actually _____ my mind

they weren't hand _____

she relayed all the information ___ to us

You have no _____ of him here.

an enormous _____ of relief

a natural ______

expand his _______

he then decided to _____ the Leopard Spirit.

Discuss: Do you believe it? Why /  why not?


9:40 - End

According to Anna....

1. Spirit can / can't understand verbal communication.

2. Spirit and Anna communicate through images / facial expressions.

Jurg is upset / overwhelmed

The experience has / hasn't changed the way Jurg interacts with the animals in the park.

(Advanced) Why We Hate Cheap Things

In assessing what material things are important and worth paying attention to, we’re oddly prejudiced against cheapness – and frustratingly drawn to the expensive, for reasons that don’t necessarily stand up to examination.

Watch:

Why we hate cheap things

Listen and fill the gaps

1. The Pineapple

Columbus was the first European to be delighted by its physical _______ and _______ sweetness.

Pineapples _______ extremely difficult to transport and very costly to __________.

The fourth Earl of Dunmore built a temple on his Scottish estate in its _______.

Christopher Wren had no ________ in topping the south tower of Saint Paul's in London with this evidently divine fruit.

There were huge ________ in steam technology.

Transport costs ___________ and __________ transformed the psychology of pineapple eating.

The pineapple _____ hasn't changed. Only our _______ to it has.

Contemplation of the history of the pineapple suggests a curious ________ between love and economics.

When we have to pay a lot for something nice, we appreciate it to the ____. Yet as it's price in the market falls, passion has a habit of ______ away.

If it has real virtue and yet a low price, then it's in _______ danger of falling into ________.


2. The Sight of Clouds

In 1927 a _______ unknown airmail pilot called Charles Linberg became the first man to complete a solo _____ of the Atlantic...

He was __________ and felt he was becoming for a time almost _________.


3. Why do we associate cheap prices with a lack of value?

Our response seems a _______ from our pre-industrial past.

For most of human history there ____ was a strong _________ between cost and value.

This relationship between price and value ____ true in an _________ way until the end of the Eighteenth Century.

Instead of making wonderful experiences ________ available, industrialisation as _________ produced a different effect.

We have to be very __________ about one's enthusiasm for the eggs of a chicken.

There is an intimidating hierarchy ________ the background _______ what we're allowed to be grateful for...


4. How do we reverse this?

The riches of the Indies would be _______ next to the pleasures of being able to see the ______ of the water created by a jump in one's boots.

Price is never a _____ of value (for children).

Children would be right if prices were _________ by human worth and value, but they're not. They just _________ what things cost to ____.

The ____ is therefore that we do ____ them as a guide to what matters when this ____ what a financial price should be used for.

Cezanne had all the awe, love and excitement ______ the apple that aristocrats once had for the pineapple.

....get us to notice what we already have to ____

We need to _______ our relationship to prices.

We _________ as tokens of _________ value.


Quizlet:

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