1a. Listen to a man talking about the benefits of using public transport.

Decide if the
statements below are true (1) or false (F).
1. Travelling by your own vehicles is often more enjoyable than by ..................
public transport.
2. Public transport often results in more traffic. ..................
3. Public transport helps reduce the amount of emissions. ..................
4. Using public transport, you usually have more time to entertain or relax. ..................
5. It often takes us longer to travel by public transport than by our own cars. ..................
1b. Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
Each of these options is much better than (1) ........................... In a car, four people would
only be (2) .......................... for emitting only (3) ........................... kilograms of C02, whereas
in a plane they would generate (4) ........................... kilograms of C0 3. A cross-country train
trip would generate about half the (5) ........................... -gas emissions of driving a car.

1a. Listen to a man talking about the benefits of using public transport. Decide if the
statements below are true (1) or false (F).

1. Travelling by your own vehicles is often more enjoyable than by ..................

public transport.
2. Public transport often results in more traffic. ..................
3. Public transport helps reduce the amount of emissions. ..................
4. Using public transport, you usually have more time to entertain or relax. ..................
5. It often takes us longer to travel by public transport than by our own cars. ..................
1b. Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
Each of these options is much better than (1) ........................... In a car, four people would
only be (2) .......................... for emitting only (3) ........................... kilograms of C02, whereas
in a plane they would generate (4) ........................... kilograms of C0 3. A cross-country train
trip would generate about half the (5) ........................... -gas emissions of driving a car.
2a Listen to a man talking about recycling. Decide if the statements below are true (T) or
false (F).
1. In the past, people cared much about recycling. ........................
2. Now, people are throwing away a lot of useful things. ........................
3. Recycling means we will use more natural resources. ........................
4. The man doesn’t really like recycling. ........................
5. The man recycles some stuff but never buy used things. ........................
2b. Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
- People would think you were (1) ........................ for recycling things, today, things are
(2) ........................ We now know we have a problem. We use too much stuff and
(3) ........................ everything away.
- Some of the countries I’ve lived in are (4) ........................ at recycling. There are giant (5)
........................ banks at the end of the street and places to leave newspapers, clothes,
batteries and metal.

2a Listen to a man talking about recycling. Decide if the statements below are true (T) or
false (F).
1. In the past, people cared much about recycling. ........................
2. Now, people are throwing away a lot of useful things. ........................
3. Recycling means we will use more natural resources. ........................
4. The man doesn’t really like recycling. ........................
5. The man recycles some stuff but never buy used things. ........................
2b. Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
- People would think you were (1) ........................ for recycling things, today, things are
(2) ........................ We now know we have a problem. We use too much stuff and
(3) ........................ everything away.
- Some of the countries I’ve lived in are (4) ........................ at recycling. There are giant (5)
........................ banks at the end of the street and places to leave newspapers, clothes,
batteries and metal.