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The New Dynamic English radio course will help you learn English through listening to conversations with Americans.
This week, on New Dynamic English, Kathy talks with Ellen Williams, Denise Collins, and Sandy Steele.
Ellen Williams is an expert on the environment. She talks with Kathy about the problem of pollution. She also talks about the causes of air and water pollution.
This morning, Denise Collins took her children to the Natural History Museum. They learned about different kinds of dinosaurs. They also learned why the dinosaurs died.
Sandy Steele likes to go fishing and hunting. When he was a boy, he went hunting with his father. Sandy owns a gun, for hunting.
Visit this website each week for a new Study Activity. You can also listen to a new Daily Dialog. Try to answer the Question of the Week.
This week, Denise Collins talks about why dinosaurs died. Look at this page from the website ZoomDinosaurs.com.
First match the words on the left (from the webpage) with the words that have the same or similar meaning.
| went extinct | 3 | 1 | results |
| after-effects | 2 | air | |
| an asteroid | 3 | died | |
| impact | 4 | when something hits something else | |
| atmosphere | 5 | a meteor (a rock from space) |
Are these sentences True or False?
| True | False | |
| X | The dinosaurs (except for birds) died after an asteroid hit the Earth. | |
| The asteroid was 100 miles across. | ||
| Huge fires caused the asteroid to hit the Earth. | ||
| When the asteroid hit the Earth, it caused storms with high winds. | ||
| Because dust in the air blocked the sunlight, the Earth became warmer. | ||
| The atmosphere of the Earth changed after the asteroid hit the Earth. | ||
| First animals died, and then plants began to die. |
Answers to last week's Study Activity
| Like people, plants need to feel at home. | 2. | People need to feel at home, and so do plants. |
| To feel at home, plants demand appropriate temperatures, light, and water. | 4. | Plants need the right temperatures, light, and water in order to feel at home. |
| Plants all share one need--light. | 1. | All plants need light. |
| Without light, plants starve to death, no matter how well they are fed otherwise. | 3. | Plants die if they don't get enough light, even if they get enough food. |
| Kathy: | Ellen, why is pollution a problem? |
| Ellen: | Well, for one thing, pollution makes us sick. |
| Kathy: | You mean, it's bad for our health? |
| Ellen: | That's right. Pollution causes health problems. For example, if we breathe polluted air, we get sick. |
| Kathy: | I see. And we also get sick if we drink polluted water. |
Fill in the blanks with cause or causes.
| Kathy: | Ellen, what causes air pollution? |
| Ellen: | There are many of air pollution. Automobiles are one major of air pollution. |
| Kathy: | What about factories? Do factories pollution? |
| Ellen: | Yes, factories lots of pollution. Factories air pollution. They also water pollution. |
| Kathy: | Why did the dinosaurs die? |
| Denise: | They died because conditions changed. |
| Kathy: | What do you mean? |
| Denise: | The earth suddenly became cold and dark. |
| Kathy: | What caused the change? Why did the earth suddenly become colder? |
| Denise: | About sixty-five million years ago, a very large meteor hit the Earth. |
| Kathy: | A meteor? |
| Denise: | Yes, a rock from space. When the meteor hit the earth, dirt and dust went into the air. The dirt and dust stopped the sunlight. So without heat and light from the sun, the Earth became cold and dark. |
Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box on the right.
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| Mary: | Each year, guns kill thousands of people. If we control guns, we can save lives. |
| Sandy: | I don't agree. The problem is criminals, not guns. If there were no guns, there would still be criminals. |
| Mary: | Well, criminals use guns. And guns kill people. If criminals didn't have guns, everyone would be much safer. |
Match the first part of the sentence with the second part.
| 1 Many Americans feel that... | a gun to go hunting. | |
| 2 They think it is wrong... | don't agree. | |
| 3 Well, I ... | for people to own guns. | |
| 4 I like to ... | go hunting. | |
| 5 I need ... | 1 | guns are bad. |
| 6 I don't ... | think it is wrong for people to own guns. |
| How many planets are there? | 2 | There are nine planets. |
| What is the largest planet? | 4 | Jupiter is the largest planet. |
| What is the closest planet to the sun? | 5 | Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. |
| Which is the smallest planet? | 1 | The smallest planet is Pluto. |
| Is Venus bigger than the Earth? | 3 | No, it isn't. It's smaller. |
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1. What happens if a plant doesn't get enough water? 2. Plants die if they don't get enough water. 3. What else does a plant need? 4. If a plant doesn't get enough light, it dies. 5. Plants need light, heat, and air. 6. A plant also needs water. |
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1. Maria, your parents come from Mexico, don't they? 2. Yes, they do. 3. They were born in Mexico. 4. Were you born in Mexico? 5. No, I wasn't. 6. I was born in the United States, in California. 7. My parents came to the US before I was born. 8. I was born in the United States, so I'm an American citizen. |
Listen to the dialog. Fill in the missing words.
| Susan: | Good morning, Harry! |
| Harry: | There's no coffee, Susan. |
| Susan: | What do you there's no coffee? |
| Harry: | I mean there isn't any coffee. |
| Susan: | There's no coffee you forgot to buy it. |
| Harry: | But I can't wake up without coffee. |
| Susan: | Well, didn't you buy it? |
| Harry: | I didn't buy it because it wasn't on the shopping list. |
| Susan: | But, Harry... I wrote it on the list. |
| Harry: | Here's the list... do you see "coffee?" |
| Susan: | Yes! It's right here: "Milk, eggs, coffee." |
| Harry: | Oh...I thought you wrote " !" |
| Susan: | Oh....! |
Missing words from last week's Daily Dialog: need, without, if, thing
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