Listening. 4.a. Dr Graham Watkins is the Executive Director of a conservation charity and is an expert on the Galapagos Islands

4.a. Dr Graham Watkins is the Executive Director of a conservation charity and is an expert on the Galapagos Islands. Listen and say whether the following statements about him are true or false. Correct the false information.

1.His father was a conservationist.

2.He studied biology at Oxford University.

3.He worked as a guide in the Galapagos Islands.

4.He studied zoology and evolution at the University of Pennsylvania.

5.His first job after the University of Pennsylvania was in the field of conservation biology.

 

4b. Nowlisten to Part 2 of his interview and answer the following questions:

1 Does Graham think tourism is a bad thing?Why / Why not?

2 Give examples of negative consequences of tourism that are a) direct and b) hidden

3 What are 'invasive species'?

 

5.aIn Part 3 Graham is asked whether we should stay away from conservation areas. Predict what he willsay.

5b. Now listen to Part 3 and check your predictions. Then answer the following questions.

1 How can the impact of tourism be minimised?

2 What are the best forms of tourism?

3 What is 'sustainable development'?

Vocabulary: conservation

 

6.Complete the gaps in the sentences below with the words in the box.

Biodiversity emissions endangered irreversible renewable sprawl

 

1. This charity is working to preserve the amazing _______of tropical rainforests.

2. Many animals are becoming_______ becauseof the destruction of their natural habitats.

3. The government has set the goal of cutting carbon______by 15 per cent by 2020.

4. Urban_______is the spreading of a town orcity into the rural area around it.

5. The report says that humans have already done ____ damage to the planet.

6. Examples of_______energy are sunlight, rainand geothermal heat.