Warm up
Hello everyone! My name is Dinu Georgiana and today we will do a lesson together.
How you feel? Did you sleep well?
First I would like you to look at two pictures.
What do you see in these pictures? Two pools
I want you to tell me what differences and similarities you notice. Whatever comes in your mind.
I want you to think especially about the empty pool. How is it? More specific. It is a physical feature that
humans have too. You give up? - It's a dehydrated pool.
Lead in
What does dehydrated mean? It means that something doesn’t t have enough water. A Lack of water.
Is it ok? For us humans, for example. Do we really need water? For what do we need water? Give me
more examples. (we need water for making coffee, the most important )
So we all agree that we need water. Ok
Practice
Now, Let s see what other people think about water. We are going to listen a radio programme about
fascinating facts about water.
In your course book, at page 106, exercise 1, you can find some questions based on the audio. You have
2 minutes to look over them.
Let s listen what they have to say.
Exercise 1
So let s start. Question number 1.
1. What percentage of an average person’s bodyweight is water?
a) 20-30% b) 40-50% c) 60-70%
If the scientist said that, we trust them.
2. How many liters of water should a person drink every day?
a) 0.5 litres b)1 litre c)2 litres
You drink 2 litres of water every day? Does anyone drink more?
Do you set an alarm when you have to drink water? or how do you do that?
3. How many days can camels go without drinking any water?
a) Three days b) five days c) seven days
What about us? How many days do you think we can survive without water?
From what I know, 8 to 10 days? Is it much?
4. How long does it take a camel to drink 100 litres of water?
a)10 minutes b)20 minutes c) 30 minutes
Yes, that s what he said.
5. How many litres of water does the average American use every day?
a) 77 litres b)770 c) 7.700 litres
Well done, now we are going to listen one more time for exercise 3. You have 2 more minutes to look
over the questions.
Exercise 3.
1. How much water does the presenter drink every day?
a) nearly 2 litres
b) exactly 2 litres
c) a lot less than 2 litre
He said that people don’t realize how much water we need. Is it true? We don’t realize or
we don’t want to realize? Are we unconscious?
2. What does David Lomax say about animals and plants?
a) Water is essential for them
b) They are mostly made of water
c) Some animals and plants can survive without any water at all.
Do you think that there are plants that do not need water? do you know any?
3. Where else in the universe do scientists think there might be water?
a) Only the moon
b) The moon, Europa and Mars
c) The Moon, Mars and Jupiter
What did he say about Europa? Was he talking about our continent? No. He was talking
about the moon of Jupiter, right.
4. What does David Lomax say about koalas?
a) They need to drink water every day
b) They never need to drink water
c) The leaves they eat contain water
What plants should we eat that are high in water? My favorite is watermelon, what about
yours?
5. What is the interviewer’s attitude to how much water the average American uses?
a) She finds it fairly unbelievable
b) She doesn’t think is too much
c) She thought they used more than that.
6. How much water does the average family of four in Ghana have?
a) 20 litres per person per day
b) 20 litres per family per day
c) 12 litres per family per day
7. What does the water rationing system in California do?
a) It limits the amount of water people can use.
b) It asks people to decide how much water they need.
c) It makes people pay more for their water.
Exercise 4
Ok, very good, thank you all. I think this topic is quite interesting, and we should find out more
about water, but this time from you. You can find some questions in exercise 4.
Let’s see question number 2.
1. Does anything from the radio programme surprise you? What and why?
2. Do you know any interesting facts or stories about water?
Have you heard about „dripping machine”, in Romanian picătura chinezească?
How does it work? The victim is tied to chair and the water is easily let drip on a person’s
forehead. This gradually leads to the madness of the victim.
3. How much water do you drink every day?
4. What do you drink when you get up in the morning? and why? Does anyone do the same?
5. What is your favorite drink when you are very thirsty?
6. Have you heard of chemtrails? I don't know if I'm allowed to tell you this, but there is a
theory that says we are poisoned with this substance. Chemtrails means chemical trails, the
white trails left by the planes. Many people say that they are left in the air to reach the
water more easily. If it’s true, it’s very bad, let’s hope not. Haven’t heard of it? Ok, I’m the
only suspect here.
7. Can you give me more synonyms for the word dehydrated? Have you heard of desiccated?
Or devitalized? Desicated =means the exhaust of moisture, devitalized =to destroy the
vitality of something.
Thank you so much for cooperating. If we have time, we are going to see another video, with
more fascinating facts about water, I think you will enjoy it.
After that, I would like you to write down in your notebook arguments pro and against the
information presented in the video.
Thank you for your attention, that’s enough for today.
1. Mai ascultati radio?
2. Ce oameni suferă fără apă?
3. Când ești gravidă trebuie să te hidratezi
4. Criză de apă
5. Apa schimbă totul?
