Read the article again and answer the questions. What does it say about: 1 promoting less popular attractions? 2 hen nights and stag dos? 3 housing supplies? 4 the bigger picture? Work in A/B pairs. Student A, you represent a budget airline and wish to attract as many people as possible to cities you fly to. Tourism is a good thing! Student B, you represent a resident of one of these cities. It’s overcrowded and the tourists make life difficult! Make notes of your main arguments and try to find examples to support your point of view. Talk together. Try to convince your partner of your point of view. In class, have a vote to see which opinion has gained more followers. Which sentences, A or B, are used in the article? Which are active? Which are passive? A How can a problem like tourism be solved? B How can cities solve a problem like tourism? A People often blame companies such as Airbnb and Ryanair for how tourism has ballooned beyond control. B Companies such as Airbnb and Ryanair are often blamed for how tourism has ballooned beyond control. Why does the writer use the passive? Is the focus on: A the problem or the cities? B the companies or people? Complete the sentences from the article with the correct forms of be. c Speaking 14 a b c Grammar refresher Passives 15 a b 16 a be + past participle The present simple: The past simple: The present perfect: Modal verbs: In Barcelona it known as ‘turismo de Borrachera’. An advertising campaign launched last year across social media platforms. Limits introduced in London, New York, Reykjavik, Amsterdam and Paris. Government resources should invested in sustainable tourism. 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 193 Complete the sentences about news stories by choosing the active or passive past simple form of the verbs in brackets. 1 Apparently, the dinosaurs (kill) off by a huge asteroid. 2 Did you hear that our hockey team (win) gold? 3 I heard Meyer (rob) of $7,000 after leaving the awards ceremony. 4 You know that journalist? He (free) yesterday by the kidnappers. 5 It was a terrible match – we (deserve) to lose. 6 The bank is saying that details of 24,000 clients (steal) in the raid. 7 I’m reading about these sisters who (separate) at birth. Listen to Murat and Tom talking about one of the news stories in 16b. 1 Which story is it? 2 Tom mentions another article. How is it linked to the first story? Complete sentences 1–7 from the conversation with A–G. 1 Did you hear that thing A a while ago. 2 Was it the one about B these twins were part of an experiment. 3 I heard something about that. C in the news about the twins? 4 I read a similar article D Weren’t they from New York? 5 It was talking about E the parents didn’t know about it. 6 It actually said F the identical twins? 7 Yes, but apparently, G whether it’s nature that makes us the way we are or nurture … b Listening 17 3e5e9z 69 Vocabulary Talking about news stories 18 128 Language skills Extras Explore 10 In the news Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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