Realidades 2
Realidades 2
1st Edition
Carol Eubanks Wargin, Myriam Met, Peggy Palo Boyles, Richard S. Sayers
ISBN: 9780130359513
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Page 489: Actividad 20

Exercise 1
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In this exercise, you need to answer the question about the text.

**The question reads:** “Do you agree with the statement that one sound could be soothing for one person and for another person not? Give an example.”

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**The answer reads:**

*I agree that one person may like a specific sound and another may not. For example, one person may like a particular genre of music, such as rock music, and another may like pop music.*

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Estoy de acuerdo con que a una persona le puede gustar un determinado sonido y a otra no.
Por ejemplo, a una persona le puede gustar un determinado género musical, como la música rock, y a otra le puede gustar la música pop.
Exercise 2
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In this exercise, you need to answer the question about the text.

**The question reads:** “Do you think that noise pollution is a big problem in your city? Why? How would you solve this problem?”

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*I think noise pollution is a very big problem in a city, especially in big cities like mine. Some people are very sensitive to sound and I think for them this is a huge problem. Also, nobody likes a very loud neighborhood.*

*To solve this problem, we could turn down the volume of all our audio devices and reduce the use of electrical devices in general.*

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Creo que la contaminación acústica es un problema muy grande en una ciudad, especialmente en las grandes ciudades como la mía. Algunas personas son muy sensibles al sonido y creo que para ellas es un problema enorme. Además, a nadie le gusta un barrio muy ruidoso.

Para solucionar este problema, podríamos bajar el volumen de todos nuestros aparatos de audio y disminuir el uso de los aparatos eléctricos en general.

Exercise 3
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Noise pollution is also a problem, especially in big cities. Complete the questions with the correct tense of the given verbs.
The example reads: “What laws are there in your school or community to reduce noise pollution? Do you think they work?”.
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Controlar nuestro tono de voz cuando mantengamos una conversación.
Sí, creo que funciona porque al haber un grupo muy grande de personas en el mismo espacio, se genera mucho ruido.
Exercise 4
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Noise pollution is also a problem, especially in big cities. Complete the questions with the correct tense of the given verbs.
The example reads: “Write two other suggestions that can help reduce noise pollution”.
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No utilizar el claxon del coche, excepto en casos de emergencia donde sea estrictamente innecesario.
En caso de tener mascotas, controlar que no perjudiquen el descanso y tranquilidad de los vecinos.
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