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Student 1

  I’m with you on that! 

Examiner

  OK, thank you very much.

2.19 Lesson 8G, Exercises 4 and 6

Examiner

  Which are the two easiest measures to put into 

effect?

Student 1

  In my opinion, banning cars from city centres 

would be a very quick and easy measure. 

What’s your view on that?

Student 2 

And the second easiest would be —

Student 1

  Hang on a moment. What’s your view on 

banning cars, first?

Student 2

  Oh. Yes, I agree with you. And the second 

easiest would be using more renewable energy.

Solutions

 

Third Edition

 Upper-Intermediate

 

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Audio scripts

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Student 1

  I take a rather different view on renewable 

energy. It is very expensive and isn’t always 

reliable because you rely on the wind and the 

sun. What if the sun doesn’t shine much or 

there isn’t much wind?

Student 2

  That’s a good point. What do you think about 

banning aerosol cans?

Student 1 

I think that would be very easy, although people

might not like it! The other measure that would 

be easy to put into effect would be using public 

transport more. 

Student 2

  Yes, I agree. It could be made much cheaper or

even free so that people are encouraged to 

use it.

Student 1

  Using fewer pesticides and fertilisers isn’t so 

easy to put into effect, don’t you think?

Student 2 

Yes, I agree. Until there are alternatives, I think 

it’s impossible to ban them. 

Student 1 

OK … We need to come to a decision.

Student 2 

Can we agree that banning cars from city 

centres is the easiest?

Student 1 

Yes, I’m with you on that. And the second 

easiest is either using public transport more 

often or banning aerosol cans.

Student 2

  Yes. Personally I’d go for using public transport.