SUPPLEMENTARY LISTENING ACTIVITIES
(in the first 12 minutes of the video)
I.
Listen for figures
(Water)
1.
Last year, British
families saw average grocery rise bills increase by ……………
2.
In Britain, they almost
buy…………….what they eat from other countries.
3.
20 years ago, the amount
of imported food is ..........……. percent, now, the figure has been around…………………….
4.
By the middle of the
century, the food production has to …….………. to meet the demands.
5.
In Delhi, They need to
provide food for …............. million people. (based on the data, the
population in Delhi in 2011 was 21 million, :P)
6.
The small state that the
narrator visits in Delhi is about 200…………….… miles North of Delhi
7.
The farmer in the state
said that the farm where the conversation took place had ……………….wells
8.
The final well is …………….
feet deep
9.
…………………. liters are
spent on one gram of rice
10.
Almost ……..liters of
water are spent on one gram of lamp
II.
Fill in the gaps (Water)
1.
Our world is facing an
………………. (unprecedented) competition for the food.
2.
The food we eat
……….(drain) local water resources.
3.
The crisis the narrator
reveals concerns the ……………………
4.
The Ridley Market is a……………………… market
5.
By talking about African
sun, Asian sun when walking around the market, the narrator would like to
mention that some of the food in the Ridley market is………………..
6.
Delhi is the …………… of
India and it is also the city which has the fastest growing………….. in the world.
7.
In the state that the
narrator visits, they have to drill deeper and deeper down for……………..
8.
Thousands of farmers in
the state in the North of Delhi have to pay for specialist …………….. to dig
new………………………
9.
The state becomes short
of……………
10.
In the state, …….
…production across the state has been a decline for over a decade.
11.
The water…………… in the
state is just a………………. of what’s happening in certain parts of the world.
12.
According to Vadana
Shiva, the author of “Water Wars”, the ………… of has meant the end of………………...
13.
Within 50 years, world
water shortages could reduce food production by more than the entire current US
………….. ……………..
14.
We can see that
countries like England are increasing importing their ………….. ………………….
15.
Some countries are
importing …………………water but they cannot acknowledge it
KEY FOR SUPPLEMENTARY LISTENING ACTIVITIES 1
I.
1. …………… (750 pounds)
2. (half)…
3. 20…
4. …double…
5. 17 million people
6. 200……
7.
10
8.
250
9.
3.4
10.
15
II.
1.
(unprecedented)
2.
……….(drain)
3. global food security
4. everyday
5. imported
6. capital- population
7. water
8. equipment-wells
9. .water
10. Wheat
11. Scarcity-glimpse
12. Disappearance-agriculture
13. (grain crop)
14. Food supply
15. virtual
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