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Voice 4: Well, I hate the old, loud, pollution-spewing vehicles used in public transportation. So I
guess I agree with the author of the comic “My Trip to India”. I have to cover my nose because of
the fumes and they irritate my eyes. Public transportation contributes to air pollution. I have read
a couple of articles on this topic. They all conclude that air pollution directly affects people’s well-
being, as it stresses them out, they suffer from irritated eyes and it gives them headaches, among
other illnesses.
Voice 3: Oh, really? Come on! Not everyone can afford to buy a car and they rely on public
transportation. We need it.

TRACK 40 (PRACTICE 8, ACTIVITY 31)

Voice 1: I agree with the author about the scene in Panel 9. People should do something else,
instead of staring at a screen all the time.
Voice 4: People are allowed to do whatever they want in their free time. They are eating and they can
enjoy some free time. Besides, they should take advantage of the fact that there is free WiFi in the
restaurant. In Mexico, not all food establishments have free WiFi.
Voice 2: But people are becoming more and more isolated. They should try to start a conversation
when there are other people around, like the person sitting at the table with them or maybe the
people at the next table over.
Voice 5: When have people done that? Let me show you a photo from the 1930s. Look.
Voice 1: This is a great scene with so many details, and it shows the same environment as in Panel 9.
Voice 5: Yes. The only difference is the devices. Before, people used to read the newspaper and now
they have cellphones. But it is the same activity; they are alone in a space full of people. Nobody
speaks to strangers in a restaurant. They didn’t do it before smartphones, either. This is the proof.
Voice 3: You’re right, but reading the newspaper is different from playing videogames. People
should take advantage of the time they spend at lunch to learn something interesting that might be
useful. Videogames are useless.
Voice 4: I believe there are lots of useful and interesting videogames.

PRACTICE 9

TRACK 41 (PRACTICE 9, ACTIVITY 7)
Voice 1: Look, when you open this book, on the second page it says it was written in 2017. So, it’s a
recent book.
Voice 2: Right, we should use updated sources.
Voice 1: It also has lots of pictures, which makes the information easier to understand.
Voice 2: Wait! It says “university course”, so I think it will be difficult for us to read.
Voice 1: Well, let’s keep on looking for other sources.

TRACK 42 (PRACTICE 9, ACTIVITY 10)

Voice 1: Well, as you can see it has an index. This makes it easier for us to look for the aspects we
chose. Let’s explore the first pages.
Voice 2: Look, it says here “North Africa and the Middle East”. That must be the title. And there are
little titles.
Voice 1: Those are the subheadings, and with the titlesthey help to identify the topic.
Voice 2: Oh, what is this at the bottom of the page?
Voice 1: Those are called footnotes. They include additional information related to the text.

TRACK 43 (PRACTICE 9, ACTIVITY 13)
Voice 1: Well, in order to understand what we are reading, each of us will read one paragraph and
then we will retell the paragraphin our own words, ok?

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