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Realidades 2

1st Edition

Carol Eubanks Wargin, Myriam Met, Peggy Palo Boyles, Richard S. Sayers

ISBN: 9780130359513

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Exercise 1

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Listen and understand as students talk about people’s actions with respect to the environment.

Result

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This is a listening exercise you should do in class.

Exercise 2

Solution 1

Solution 2

Step 1

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Tell what you will do personally to save the environment. Complete the sentences with the future tense of the given verbs.

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Since the subject of this sentence is “yo” (l), we will use the first-person singular form of the different verbs in future tense.

Result

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1. Ayudaré a cuidar el medio ambiente.
2. Protegeré a los animales en peligro de extinción.
3. Empezaré a reciclar los plásticos, cartones y vidrios.
4. Trabajaré encontrando nuevas energías renovables.
5. Buscare nuevas formas de reducir el uso de la luz.

Step 1

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In this exercise, you need to talk with a group of your classmates about five things you are about to do in order to save the environment.

Step 2

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**My answer reads:**

*To save the environment, I will recycle cans and plastic bottles. I will also turn off the light when I don’t need it and collect trash in nature.
In addition, I will educate people about the importance of forests and rainforests. I will turn off the faucet when I brush my teeth and take shorter showers.*

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Para salvar el medio ambiente, reciclaré las latas y las botellas de plástico. También apagaré la luz cuando no la necesite y recogeré la basura en la naturaleza.
Además, educaré a la gente sobre la importancia de los bosques y las selvas. Cerraré el grifo cuando me lave los dientes y me ducharé menos tiempo.

Exercise 3

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The director says that people will live in apartments under the ocean or in space stations. He also indicates that there will only be one TV and computer per house, which is reasonable, but apartments under the ocean may not be feasible.

Exercise 4

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Write information to include on a “Proteger nuestro medio ambiente” poster. Complete the text with the subjunctive tense of the given verbs.

Step 2

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Since the subject of this sentence is “vosotros” (you), we will use the second-person plural form of the different verbs in the subjunctive tense.

Result

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Sugerimos que para proteger el medio ambiente recicléis los envases de los alimentos y los distribuyáis en los contenedores de plástico, vidrio o cartones/papel. Por otro lado, sugerimos que reduzcáis el consumo de luz en casa y de ruidos para ayudar con la contaminación.

Exercise 5

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In this exercise, you need to compare the environmental situation in the United States and Mexico.

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**My answer reads:**

Environmental protection is indeed a global problem. I believe that the countries of South America and Mexico are dealing with this problem more intensely than the United States. I think the United States and its organizations should take this problem more seriously.

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La protección del medio ambiente es sin duda un problema global. Creo que los países de América del Sur y México se ocupan de ese problema más intensamente que Estados Unidos. Creo que Estados Unidos y sus organizaciones deben tomarse este problema más en serio.

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