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2 Choose one of the words in italics to complete the 5 Organic foods cost more than non-organic ones.
statements below, which are about words in bold
from the text. 6 Public parks have existed since the 1800s.
1 Enzymes come from plants / machines. 7 Parks can help keep our minds healthy.
2 Yield is another word for quantity / crop. 8 GM crops often have a poor yield.
3 Desertified land is good / bad for farmers.
4 Poaching is a threat to animals / land.
Mini debates
5 Fertilizers boost / harm water supplies.
6 Ecosystems are the relationships between humans and
5 Argue either for or against the statements below.
technology / animals and plants. 1 We should invest money in space exploration.
7 Floodplains are areas that are very wet / windy. 2 There is no reason to avoid eating GM foods.
3 It’s important to include green spaces in towns and
3 Discuss the meaning of the following words in cities.
bold from the text. 4 We should continue to raise taxes on air travel.
5 We should all become vegetarian.
endangered species ecotourism space exploration
agriculture landscape genetics
biotechnology
nature reserves extinction