Lesson 4: Restoring the Garden of Eden

A. Answer the questions about the letter on Students Book page 79.

1. Where did Layla go on holiday?

Al-Hamaar marchland, in the south of Iraq.

2. What did she do on holiday, and what did she learn about?

Canoeing, fishing. She learned about the wetland environment and the project (Restoring The Garden of Eden).

3. Who lives in the marshes? How long have they lived there?

Descendants of the Sumerians.

4. What do the people eat? What are their houses like? How do they move around?

They eat fish, birds, rice and butter, cheese and yoghurt made from the buffalo and are arch-shaped.

They travel by canoe.

5. What do the people lack?

Health care, education and drinking water.

6. Why are these marshes so important?

They are important for the environment, and the lives of people, animals and birds.

7. What destroyed a large area of the marshes?

They were dried out in 1990s.

8. Why do you think it's important to restore the marshes? What will happen if we don't?

Because they are a source of life for people, animals and birds. If we don't restore them, we will lose a big source of natural wealth.

B. Complete the sentences with probably, perhaps or definitely.

1. I love this place. I definitely want to come back soon.
2. It's raining heavily. The tennis match will definitely be cancelled.
3. Perhaps I'll be a geologist when I'm older.
4. You must read this book. It's definitely the most interesting book I've ever read.
5. Adnan didn't come to school today. He is probably ill.
6. 6. I'm not sure, but I will probably write about rainforests for mu Geography project.
7. Perhaps you can get the information you need in the self-access Centre.
8. I think it will be sunny tomorrow, so we can probably go to the beach.

C. Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentences.

1. If we destroy the rainforest, many animals and plants will disappear.
2. If we don't study rainforest plants, we might not find curers for some diseases.
3. If a lizard loses its tail, it always grows back.
4. We might go to South America if we have a long holiday.
5. Some plants eat insects. If an insect lands on their leaves, the plants catch them.
6. If a rubber tree gets too cold, it dies.

Unscramble the sentences and write them with correct punctuation.

1. tonight I'm the to definitely going game.

I'm definitely going to the game tonight.

2. can perhaps we lunch have tomorrow together.

Perhaps we can have lunch together tomorrow.

3. probably library books the has the you want.

The library probably has the books you want.

4. was the best definitely that film ever seen I've.

That was definitely the best film I have ever seen.

5. the probably weather will be time year sunny at of this.

the weather will probably be sunny at this time of year.