Sentences 1–4 are about differences and changes. Which of the words below could replace the highlighted words? Do they change the meaning? 1 A vast increase in international aid is needed to fight epidemics. 2 The cholera epidemic in Haiti killed by far the highest number of people in a single outbreak. 3 The number of deaths in the USA was slightly higher than 865,000. 4 The situation in the United Kingdom and Italy was much worse than in other European countries. Write one or two more sentences based on the maps, like those in 2a. Read out your sentences to a partner. Does heor she agree? Look at the maps again. Then imagine a map showing population in 2100. 1 How would it be different? 2 What countries might be bigger or smaller? Health and wealth often go hand in hand. Imagine a map showing wealth in the year 1500. How would it look? Think about: ■■ North America ■■ Central and South America ■■ India ■■ China ■■ Europe ■■ the Middle East Work in A/B pairs. Student A, look at the map in 8a, on p. 22. Student B, look on p. 211. Tell your partner what your map shows. Then let him/her see the map. Listen to two people talking about the map on p. 211. What is the main point each speaker makes? Are any the same as your ideas? The speakers used various expressions to talk about what the maps mean. What did they say? Complete the sentences with these expressions. There are two extra expressions you should not use. Speaker A 1 One thing that from these maps is how little has actually changed. 2 I mean the balance between rich and poor countries has stayed the same. 3 And if you look at Africa, those countries weren’t wealthy in 1500. 4 In fact , the difference between rich and poor has got bigger. Speaker B 5 I’m actually not really sure what the maps is. 6 What do they really wealth? 7 It doesn’t lifestyle. 8 I suppose this it wasn’t producing much wealth. 9 That that they were poor. Language focus Differences and changes 2 a considerably far and away marginally dramatic massive significant significantly enormous huge far easily b c Speaking 3 a b c Language focus Interpreting meaning 4 a 32p5x9 6 b as the maps show indicate about it says a lot about means that pretty much you can see reveal much about the significance of significant differences is apparent doesn’t necessarily mean Language skills Extras Explore 2 Global issues 21 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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