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Gentrification: Detroit�s sacrifice for economic recovery
Worksheet accompanying a video which deals with Detroit�s tale of two cities. Very interesting how new communities are thriving in the city, but social agents remind us we should never forget about the past, and diversity means moving beyond tolerance.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 24
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Detroit, boomtown gone bust (July 2013)
Effects of Globalization.
International Herald Tribune, Friday, July 26,2013.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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Stirring goat�s milk into spider silk
Scientific research newspaper article from the International Herald Tribune. Amazing spiders!
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 47
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Move to net zero inevitably means more mining
Net zero means any carbon emissions are offset or balanced (like cancelled out) by removing the same quantity of carbon from the atmosphere. Article BBC News 22nd May 2021 adapted and with comprehension and vocabulary exercises. With answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 18
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Ad�lie Penguins in danger
Reading comprehension about environmental concerns. Good for students who are in their second year in highschool. The text is adapted from an article in The Guardian, 13 October 2017.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 16
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E-cigarettes fuel bubble in France
Advanced intermediate reading comprehension. Article shortened from The International New York Times, October 22nd, 2013. Comprehension exercises and answers.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 33
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Concerning Hobbits
Text adapted from "The Hobbit" by John Ronald Reuen Tolkien. Vocabulary exercises. Debate on meaning and connotations in the text. Those scruffy, tender hobbits!
Level: intermediate
Age: 17-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 17
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Backcountry Bear Basics, DAVE SMITH.
Apart from Reading comprehension, the text provides some opportunities for laughter and debate too, the topics "survival in the wilderness" and "respecting wild life" will engage your students in conversation. I bought this book in Alberta, Canada when visiting Jasper National Park.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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The Meat of the future: lab-grown meat
Listening with comprehension questions. Curious technological developments which make us wonder. Debate on sustainability.
Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Type:
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Notspot
Reading about dodgy net connectivity.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 21
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