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    1 Necessities ee a ae ExI Less stuff, more happiness TEDTALKS GRAHAM MILL is a modem entrepreneur: by 2007, when he was sti only 0 his mids, he'd lead set up and sold two companies fora staggering er Ilion tars each Having eninaly stucied architecture art design, Hil row runs two businesses alongside other projects dedicated to sustanabity and ‘ways we can ive more simply. He deccribeshinsel a¢ a webber. 2 dosigner And an environmental. As well as his TED Tak on living with ess he ao poke at TED about earsuming les meat. A the tmehe'd been a woekday ‘vegetarian for ayeer and he went on to write a book about, The values bot tak are consistent: coneume les ~ whether met or stuff ~ enjoy it more and It wi utimatly be beter for you and the plane. : In articles anon social mesa, Graham Hil describes his carer years hen ne onned large properties are even employed a personal shopper ‘Traveling the word extensively taught him what he it need. He ‘began to simply and decuteris , and over therext 1Syears reduce his belongings toa action of wha be'é ‘oncehad. He 53/8 intutney, we know thatthe bes tt In oie sta al, and rat latonships, experences rd mesringl wor ere the staples of hap Hillclaims‘ectng'is the Sl ofthe contury.Ishe persuasive ‘eneugh to nspre uso ext our hoes and ves to? le > i 7 CAREER PATHWAYS: | Complete the six-word summary (1-4) that corresponds 1 Road the text. Answer the questions. roescn tic ame TED playisl Use these words 1 How many companies has Hil statad and sold? <4 vp oa! A matter outft_—=——rubbish——stataties 2 What jobs has ne nad? aucxtec! ond Acgrrsbwe Sm . . 3. How has he changed as @ consumer over the years? ase Libro 2 Who's taking al the —_cub’b's out? 4 What ably does Hl thirk we need most nese daye? 3 Making mearing ou of age ve 4 Anew reyes 1 every day TED PLAYLIST 12 Ciner TED speakers ae interested in topes simiarto tne Math the verbs (1-6) with ther collocates fe). Check cones in Graham Hil's TED Talk. Read the descriptions your answers in the playlist descriptions. of four TED Taks atthe top of page Sn your opinion, 4 weseae ny muesli which ie the best tile foc this play, bore? 2 toretesn__ >< Fb theimpact on 1 Traetermng ecycing into at 3 tooeanup >< >Fe somsning aay Rasrg awareness about sustinabty 4 toincrease — 7s 4 your cca ove 6 toredce Se understaning Sethe cost of modem ving '5 Which tak would you most ko to see? Why? Watch the tak at TED.com, T We te tt an Ohi Oo L- Se pponrter omen ocd ut oe nds beauty and valve things that other cn pangs incorporating them rs sing bul ently of roused comoonents. The sore etesh YOu Creative dhe ans make yous ‘pra wnat’ beaut sanige reer yt Oe eno pe mening yagi tev anrais ee nage a ae ee Sram ates el tena De mechanical brooms and even drove 3 duston aria ov etmnryertcarea ee mes payen navn Ct ats ptenrorer AUTHENTIC LISTENING SKILLS gronunciation 6 BRIE Youre going toeara poscastin which a renter ofthe Keynote tam talks about Oan Philips's "ED Tak Creative houses from reclarmed stuf. Listen and Lndefne examples of two-word combinations where f, rave fis reduce or changed, 1 0s Phlips not the usual poished TED presenter ~ e's ofthe coutoy. 2 Lsenngio ns ite American accent and easy jes, ‘we elas # we should have been stg round the cametie tain. {We nga io see more ofthe qutky yet functional wooden romesre bules. 4 Wo typo look again and Iston to Dan's explaatin to ‘uty Sscove vty they are so extracrinay USTENING 7 BEDIEA Lsten to tne tu podcast. are these statements a Mortalse FP 1 DanPriips isv'ta cowboy andihe makes jokes.) 2 best matinerested what materas ho uses, 2 Noey per cent of his bulding materi are recycled. FL 4 Keren tonds to rte broken items wth new cros. '§ Phiips chooses to use things that ae not pertect. (1) 8 BRIE Liston again, Anawer the quostions. 1 ny was Phiips pleased about the stsicase he got? 2 ny arc how ct Phos make "bumoy ties"? Ch Onis Jordan: Turning power stat it art ‘The at that Chis Jordan creas is designed to nerease ut understancing of some of he staggering statics associted wn mainstream Wester cutures. What do £0 millon paper cups ook ke? How can we dustrate he 400,000 smoker who ce ever year? Joedan hopes that \when people engage win these sats n a ual, antic they fel them more deeply nd ask temsches the ‘mest important queston: How do we change? (Cy cess: arington Wearing noting new Joas| ringtone a colour‘oving ard ign designer, wn, nis shor and sre tak, shares her pleasure in bung he clots from - and dorateg them to ~ secondhand Her take a mechtation cn conscious consumption and ou strong attachment o our belongings, Arington Suggests tha secarc-hand shopping canbe a fun advert. as wel as reduc the impact er warcrobe has cn he envorment an on her bark account ‘8 nyour own words, how is waete a matter of taste? 4 What, according te Karen, do you ned o haven order to be good at ecycing? '5 What does Karon say this tak might inspire us todo? VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT ‘Read te extracts rom the podcast. Chocee the corect meaning of he wordsin bold. 1. the quirky yt funcional wooden homes he bul, a sith yaw oO ‘st mane Qetuchae, B 2 Wedbou tig oSurcel asc brs ose 8 ogress 2 ood tne sige ens 3 Ng ont an OR ileal ear

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