Unit 5: Chance

Vocabulary

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Learning outcomes

• Lesson A: : Learn to discuss possible future events

• Lesson B: Learn to prepare for a job interview

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Lesson A:
Adjectives describing attitude
SYMPATETHIC COMPETITIVE

IRRESPONSIBLE OPTIMISTIC
REALISTIC
WELL-ORGANIZED
UNREALISTIC
UNRELIABLE

CRITICAL ADVENTUROUS

DISORGANIZED CAUTIOUS

THOUGHTFUL ATTITUDE
AMBITIOUS

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Definitions

• Thoughtful: Someone who is kind and always thins about how he/she can help
other people.
• Well-organized: Someone who is not good at planning or organizing things.
• Disorganized: Someone who is not good at planning or organizing things.
• Critical: Someone who says that a person or a thing is bad or wrong.
• Unreliable: Someone who is not able to be trusted or believed.
• Irresponsible: Someone who is not thinking enough or not worrying about the
possible results of what you do.
• Sympathetic: Someone who shows, especially by what they say, that they
understand and care about someone else´s suffering.

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 Definitions

• Competitive: Someone who wants very much to win or be more successful than
other people.
• Optimistic: Someone who has a positive thought towards things.
• Realistic: Someone who accepts things as they are in fact and doesn’t make
decisions based on unlikely hopes for the future.
• Unrealistic: Someone who has a wrong idea of what is likely to happen or of
what you can really do; not based on facts.
• Adventurous: Someone who is willing to try new or difficult things.
• Cautious: Someone who avoids risks.
• Ambitious: Someone who has a strong wish to be successful, powerful or rich.

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Exercises: Character Adjectives
Read each sentence and complete the missing word. Choose one word from the box.
There are two extra words that you don’t need to use.
ambitious – critical – cautious – irresponsible – disorganized – realistic - thoughtful
1. It was very ____________ of you to send me a gift for my birthday.
2. Martina is not ____________ with her money. She spends it unwisely.
3. Amy is a ____________ girl, she never has time to complete her to do list.
4. Ronny is ____________ about the future. He thinks that everything is going to be better.
5. Benji has ____________ expansion plans for his business.
6. Aura’s driving was very ____________; she might have hurt somebody.

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Lesson B: The natural world
rough weather fragile environment

environmentally friendly ecological impact

solar energy global warming

carbon footprint

climate change

the Earth’s atmosphere

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Lesson B: The natural world
Definitions
• Carbon footprint:  The amount of carbon dioxide pollution that we produce as
a result of our activities.
• Solar energy: The energy that uses the power of the sun to produce electricity.
• Climate change: It is the change in the world’s weather, in particular the fact
that it is believed to be getting warmer as a result of human activity increasing
the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
• The Earth’s atmosphere: It’s a mixture of gases that surrounds our home
planet.
• Global warming: A gradual increase in world temperaturas caused by gases
such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the earth and
stopping heat escaping into space.

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 Lesson B: The natural world
Definitions

• Ecological impact: The effects left on organisms and their environment due to
actions made by humans and natural occurrences. 
• Fragile environment: A natural environments that is sensitive to, and easily
abused by human activities.
• Environmentally friendly: Something that has no or the least possible impact on
the environment
• Rough environment: A habitat that is considered very hard to survive in due to
its considerably extreme conditions such as temperature, accessibility to
different energy sources or under high pressure. 

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Exercises: The natural world
Read each sentence. Look at the chart and complete the gap with the most appropriate
word or phrase.
global climate carbon ecological solar energy environmentally
warming change footprint impact friendly

1. To protect wildlife, we should use biodegradable, _________________________ products.

2. ______________ causes extreme climate change and might result in floods, droughts and
other climate disasters.
3. Using public transportation can result in a reduction of a person's _________________.
4. Invasive species can have a severe _________________ on the ecosystem by allowing the
invader to continue to grow in number and force out native species from the environment.
5. __________________ is the most abundant renewable energy source available.
6. Deforestation is one of the principal causes of ___________________ .

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References

• Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press 2020.Retrived

from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles.
• Doff, et al., (2015). Cambridge English Empower B2. Upper
Intermediate. Student’s book. Cambridge University Press 2015.
University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom.

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 Answer Key: Character Adjectives
Read each sentence and complete the missing word. Choose one word from the box.
There are two extra words that you don’t need to use.
ambitious – critical – cautious – irresponsible – disorganized – realistic - thoughtful
1. It was very thoughtful of you to send me a gift for my birthday.
2. Martina is not cautious with her money. She spends it unwisely.
3. Amy is a disorganized girl, she never has time to complete her to do list.
4. Ronny is optimistic about the future. He thinks that everything is going to be better.
5. Benji has ambitious expansion plans for his business.
6. Aura’s driving was very irresponsible; she might have hurt somebody.

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 Answer Key: The natural world
Read each sentence. Look at the chart and complete the gap with the most appropriate
word or phrase.
global climate carbon ecological solar energy environmentally
warming change footprint impact friendly

• To protect wildlife, we should use biodegradable, environmentally friendly products.

• Global warming causes extreme climate change and might result in floods, droughts and other
climate disasters.
• Using public transportation can result in a reduction of a person's carbon footprint.
• Invasive species can have a severe ecological impact on the ecosystem by allowing the invader
to continue to grow in number and force out native species from the environment.
• Solar energy is the most abundant renewable energy source available.
• Deforestation is one of the principal causes of climate change .

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