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Unit 9

Sound

• Identify the main idea and details in complex oral and written texts on both concrete and abstract topics.
• Express and justify my opinion on both concrete and abstract topics in clear, well-structured and connected paragraphs or oral presentation.
• Identify and use expressions that highlight information that needs to be noticed.
• Identify and use clauses which describe information previously mentioned.
• Identify and use the vocabularyfrom unit 9.

Objectives

Listening 1Identify and use expressions that highlight information that needs to be noticed.

That's annoying!

Work in pairs or groups of three and answer the following questions.

• What's your favorite sound? Why?
• What sounds annoys you the most? Why?
• Is there a sound that brings a memory back to you? What sound? Tell the story to your classmates.

Discussion

L&S 154

Why are some sounds more annoying than others?

1. Listen to the recording and identify the main factors for the some sounds to be annoying and their examples.
2. Work in pairs and add another example to each factor.
3. Using your notes answer activity D on page 156 (L&S)

Listening

L&S pg. 165

Read the following extracts from the recording. Observe how Professor Nader highlights information that needs to be notice.

Let's practice!

Can you identify and use expressions that highlight information that needs to be noticed?

Example:It's the sound of the horns in the traffic that annoys many people because it's unpredictable when it will stop.

Using the information from the video, the audio and your own ideas, rank the three most annoying sounds. Justify your opinions. Include cleft sentences in your descriptions. Write your ideas in the discussion board in Canvas.

Reading 1Identify and use clauses which describe information previously mentioned.

Seeing without your eyes

1. How do animals communicate?
1. What animals do to communicate is __________.
2. How can animals see at night?
1. It's ______ that animals use to see at night.
3. How do bats and dolphins have in common?
1. It's _____ that bats and dolphins have in common.
2. What bats and dolphins have in common is ____.

Work in groups and answer the following questions. Use the prompts to include cleft sentences in your answers.

Answer the following questions as you watch the video.

1. What system has been developed by researchers in Spain to measure the impact of noise pollution on marine life?
2. According to Dr. Michel Andrã, how can certain sound sources in the marine environment affect living creatures?
3. Why are whales and dolphins particularly vulnerable to noise pollution?
4. What future applications do scientists hope to achieve with the data from this underwater sound network?

Video (R&W 152)

1. Read the text and complete the diagram on page 156.
2. Do activity C on page 154.

Reading (R&W 154)

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From tarantulas, which are a species of spider, living for two years without eating food to ants that never sleep.Bats make sounds that echo back to them to give them a better understanding of where things are in their environment.

Observe the following extracts from the reading.What is the purpose of idea that is underlined?

Let's practice!

Identify and use clauses which describe information previously mentioned.Identify and use the vocabularyfrom unit 9

Was that my phone ringing?

Section

R&W 158

1. Have you ever had the feeling that some called your name, but no one actually did?How do you react when this happens to you?
2. Have you ever assured that your cellphone is ringing, but in fact it is not?How do you feel about it?
3. Do you know the name of this phenomenon?

Discuss the following questions with a partner.

Listen to the recording and complete the following diagram.

1. Activity C, page 159
2. Activity D1 and D2, page 160

Using your notes, answer the questions in the book.

Using your notes, write a summary of the recording. Include relative clauses and cleft sentences. Write your ideas in Canvas.

Can you identify and use clauses which describe information previously mentioned?

Identify and use the vocabularyfrom unit 9

A wireless world

R&W pg. 158

Do you know what they are?

You will be assigned a paragraph. In teams you will create a summary of that paragraph (no more than two sentences). Choose the best tittle for your paragraph (pg. 158). Finally, work with the rest of the teams to get the summary of the whole text.

Team work: Summary (R&W pgs. 159-160)

THANKS!

Cleft sentences beginning with it often emphasize ideas.

Cleft sentences beginning with what often emphasize actions.

They are used in academic writing and speaking to emphasize particular points or ideas within a sentence.

1. I love the sound of the sea.
2. What I love is the sound of the sea.
3. It’s the sound of sea (that) I love.

Notice how 2) and 3) emphasize the sound of the sea more than 1). They can also help to emphasize a contrast:

• I like the sun at the beach, but what I love is the sound of the sea.
• I like the sun at the beach, but it’s the sound of the sea (that) I love.

Cleft Sentences