10.

3
TARGET ACTIVITY
CHOOSE A SUBJECT FOR A DOCUMENTARY
LISTENING
Exercise 2:
Labrador 3 Baffin Island 2 Vinland 4 Norway 1

Exercise 3:
1 Around 970 or 975
2 He was blown there by a storm OR he followed the route of an earlier explorer and arrived
there.
3 35
4 Very pleasant, with a mild climate, green grass, wild grapes, rivers, salmon
5 About 1020
6 The northern tip of Newfoundland in Canada

VOCABULARY
Exercise 4:
1 who you ask

2 According to

3 claim

4 mentions

5 make no mention of

6 are in agreement

7 vary
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ACROSS CULTURES, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
LISTENING
Exercise 1:

right: something that the law allows you to do

obligation: something that you do because it is your duty or because you feel you have to

1 Gavin: the right to roam (in England) Hikari: taking care of her apartment building (in Japan)
Ryan: voting (in Australia) 2

a Hikari, Ryan b Gavin

Exercise 2:

1 Hikers and walkers can walk on public or privately owned land in the countryside.

2 In people’s gardens or special hunting and fishing areas

3 Close all gates carefully, don’t drop litter, don’t disturb the animals, don’t damage plants.

4 The grounds and pavements around the building and the children’s play area in the back

5 Various common expenses, like stair lights

6 It’s not much trouble, it gives them a chance to chat.

7 About 95% of registered voters

8 You have to explain why not. If your explanation is not good, you may have to pay a small
fine.

9 Because election results reflect the wishes of almost everyone, not just a few.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 4:

rights: 1, 4, 6, 8

obligations: 2, 3, 5, 7
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WRITING

Exercise 2b:

1 First, make sure it isn’t a hoax by getting an independent confirmation. Then tell the world.
2 Not immediately. First there has to be global consensus about what to say.

Exercise 3a:

Version B. It’s clear and easy to understand. It presents the main points. It has good linking
expressions (‘first’, ‘then’, ‘however’).

Exercise 3b:

Summary A doesn’t meet any of the points except 3.

– It’s not easy to understand for someone who hasn’t read the original. For example, the
relationship between the first and second sentences isn’t clear, and it doesn’t use many linking
expressions.

– It includes unnecessary details (e.g. ‘because the signal isn’t only being sent to California’,
‘some people have a fear of the unknown’), as well as unnecessary words and expressions
(‘some kind of’).

– It copies words from the original, e.g. most of the first two sentences. There’s an incomplete
sentence (‘typical of our twenty-first century world’).

Summary B meets all the requirements. It’s easy to understand, even for someone who hasn’t
read the original article, includes the main points and doesn’t include unnecessary details or
personal opinions. It’s written mostly in the person’s own words and in complete sentences.