Self-evaluation Tick the buttons on the scale to evaluate your language skills. ➀ I can do it easily and correctly. ➁ I can do most of it but I am not fully sure. ➂ I need to have a look at some things again. ➃ I should go over the whole chapter again. ➄ I need to ask my teacher for help. If you do the tasks again at a later stage, you can add a tick to show your progress. Now you can • Talk about South Africa. • Discuss Apartheid, racial segregation and Nelson Mandela’s merits. • Write an article. • Talk about the future and use various conditionals. Listening: Booking a room at a B&B in South Africa Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions. 1. When – and for how long – are Markus and his friend coming to stay? 2. What is the difference between a double room and a twin? 3. What can you expect if a full English breakfast is offered? 4. Why can’t Markus and his friend take the room with the seaview? 5. What is a deposit? Why do you think it is often required? 6. What arrangement does Markus come to with Mrs Wood? Speaking – Paired activity: Europe and Africa The Austrian and South African student representatives of two exchange schools are asked to take part in an international youth panel titled “Our youth – our future” funded by the EU. In your talk, you want to discuss the most relevant differences between the two continents, Europe and Africa. You and your partner have ten minutes to discuss the areas you would like to present and rank them according to their importance for the future of the younger generation: • education • travelling • future jobs • family life • environment Apartheid (Conditionals I, II and III) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs. If Nelson Mandela 1 (release) from prison earlier, what would have happened? Momentum for change had been building, but it needed this catalyst. For decades, many South Africans thought, “If I disobey the law, I 2 (go) to jail and that 3 (not help) anyone.” But others thought, “If someone 4 (do) something today, maybe things would change in the future.” Protests against the Apartheid regime became fiercer, but if the public pressure on President de Klerk 5 (not be) so hard at the beginning of the 1990s, the regime would not have been ended. And if many countries had not started economic embargos, what 6 (happen) then? 1 18c ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around me, provided speech is clearly articulated in standard dialect. (B1) 2 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can give or seek personal views and opinions in discussing topics of interest. (B1) 3 85 Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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