Prime Time 5, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

7 Team activity – an internet project: The Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is one of the great natural wonders of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Find out more about what makes it so special and what its future could look like. Taking notes On this page you can practise taking notes in English. This can be important in lectures, in meetings and when you interview people. Sometimes it is important to take down the gist – the main points – and sometimes the details. • Make sure that you write every idea on a new line. • Leave out space in case you have missed something. • Develop your own shorthand (e.g.: b/c = because, sth = something, w/o = without, etc.) to write faster. • If you lose track, restart with the next passage you understand. 1 Listening: At the Reef in a glass-bottom boat Listen to Derrick Reese – a young Australian park ranger at the Great Barrier Reef – greet his guests. What sounds different from the way people in the UK or the US speak? 2 Listening for gist a) Work with a partner. Each of you takes the role of one of two passengers on board: • someone who works for Greenpeace • someone who is interested in Aboriginal culture b) Listen to what Derrick tells his guests about the Reef. Take notes for your role. c) Compare your notes with your partner’s. 3 Listening for details After the tour, the guests have a choice of two activities. a) Listen to what Derrick says about each activity. Then choose the activity that interests you most. b) Now listen closely to the details of your activity and note them down. c) Tell a partner what he/she needs to know about your activity if he/she wants to take part. 1.7 1.8 1.9 TIP If you don’t know how to write a new name, write it any way – at least you’ll know how it sounds when you reread your notes. Listening skills 37 3 Australia Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv