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3 Unit 4 Reading 2
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Read the text and give it a title.
are now.”
He added: “If you were able to persuade people that it is irresponsible to have large families in this day and
age, and if material wealth and material conditions are such that people value their materialistic life and don’t
suffer as a consequence, then that’s all to the good. But I’m not particularly optimistic about the future. I think
30 we’re lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse.”
He also told the magazine: “I’m luckier than my grandfather, who didn’t move more than five miles from the
village in which he was born. I have all kinds of pleasures and luxuries that I appreciate and I’m very, very fortunate.
I think that applies to the majority of people – in this country, at any rate. But I think that in another 100 years
people will look back at a world that was less crowded, full of natural wonders, and healthier.”
The Guardian. Retrieved from www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/10/david-attenborough-human-evolution-stopped
2
Say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Quote from the text to support your answers.
a) According to Sir David Attenborough people should have more children.
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b) Humankind hasn’t evolved due to man’s actions regarding birth control.
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c) The broadcaster believes the current problems will be solved.
d) In the past people had more goods and comfort.
3
Find words in the text with the same meaning as …
a) rapidity (paragraph 2) d) capable (paragraph 5)
b) raise (paragraph 3) e) overpopulated (paragraph 10)
c) stop (paragraph 3)
4
Explain the following sentences or expressions.
a) “We stopped natural selection as soon as we started being able to rear 90-95% of our babies”
b) “cultural evolution is proceeding ‘with extraordinary swiftness’.”
c) “the one-child policy in China.”
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Give your opinion on the following topics.
a) Humans seen as “a plague on Earth”.
b) One-child policy in China.
c) Sir David Attenborough’s view of the future.