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21. Listen to the track and complete the anecdote below. Look at
the example. TRACK 42

Example:

(1) Around the mid-1970s, I was working at the University of Nairobi as a lecturer. I
was doing research in the field and I saw (2) of deforestation and soil loss. session 7
I heard (3) rural women complain about the fact they didn’t have firewood;
they were (4) complaining that they did not have (5) water. They
had put (6) of their land into cash crops like coffee and tea, and the
children were suffering from diseases associated with malnutrition. I wanted to do
something. “Why not plant trees?” I asked the women. “Let’s plant trees!”

22. Listen and select only the details that appear Adverbs. Details
in the anecdote. Look at the example. TRACK 42

Example: almost (adv.): casi
often (adv.): regularmente

Main idea Details

I was doing research in the field Around the mid-1970s, I was working at ✓
and I saw a lot of deforestation the University of Nairobi as a lecturer. Remember
and soil loss. Adverbs often
tell when, where,
I heard many rural women complain about
why, or under
the fact they didn’t have firewood; they what conditions
were also complaining that they did not something
have enough water. happened. There
are different
They had put too much of their and that endangered the environment. types: time (now,
land into cash crops like coffee and tea. yesterday, last
week), place (here,
“Why not plant trees?” I asked the there, everywhere),
women. “Let’s plant trees!” degree (very, too,
I wanted to do somenthing.
“We need to plant trees to improve the also), frequency
way we live.” (sometimes,
almost, often).
For our anecdote

23. Answer the questions you wrote in Activity 20 in your notebook to provide
more details for the anecdote you are going to tell. Look at the example.

Example:
Were you nervous?
a.
I was very nervous. Seeing so many people overwhelmed me because it was a big arena, and
a there was a lot of noise from every direction.

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