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EVOLUTION

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1 Key vocabulary

What do you think the underlined words and phrases mean? In pairs, match them to their correct
meaning below.

1. Bacteria are continuing to evolve.

2. Mammals are vertebrates, as are birds, fish and reptiles.
3. His best personality trait is his openness.
4. Her ancestors travelled from England to start a new life in America.
5. There are fears that many animals may soon be extinct.
6. They walked up the hill at a steady speed.
7. There are many primitive creatures that live in the ocean, such as jellyfish.
8. Marius is very self-centred. He never thinks about what other people want.

a. animals with a spine

b. change and develop into a different form
c. characteristic
d. happening in a regular and gradual way
e. no longer existing
f. only interested in yourself and your own needs
g. people that are related to you who lived a long time ago
h. relating to a very early stage in an animal’s development

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2 Before you watch

You’re going to watch an expert talk about how many of us have been taught wrongly about evolution.
First, discuss the questions below.

1. What evidence do you think there is for evolution?

2. How do you think humans evolved?
3. Do you think that humans have finished evolving?

3 What do you remember?

After watching the talk, answer the questions below according to the speaker.

1. What feature of your body does the speaker say is an indicator of evolution?

a. your rib cage b. your belly button c. your hands

2. What does he say about how life evolves?

a. that it evolves very quickly

b. that it evolves gradually
c. that is doesn’t happen in a linear way

3. When did organisms evolve that contained more than one cell?

a. around two billion years b. around three billion years c. around four billion years
ago ago ago

4. What organisms does he say may survive longer than humans?

a. bacteria b. plants c. fish

4 Find the words

Find a word or phrase in the transcript which means.....

1. built-in (adj, P.00:23):

2. appear suddenly (phrasal verb, P.01:21):
3. living things that are related to others from earlier generations (noun - plural, P.01:21):

4. cause the development (of something) (phrase,P.01:47):

5. having existed for a long time (adj., P.02:27):
6. complicated (adj, P.02:27):
7. all living things that are related to one that existed a long time ago (noun, P.03:43):

8. a proud way of talking (noun, P.04:17):

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5 Talking Point

Answer the questions below in pairs or small groups.

1. Was there anything in the talk which particularly surprised you? If so, what?
2. Do you agree with what the speaker says about humans evolving from fish rather than monkeys?
Why or why not?
3. Do you think that you will think differently about evolution after watching this talk? Why or why
not?

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