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General
English
Upper-Intermediate
B2 - History and the environment
Communists, cotton and the Aral Sea
Objectives
How to discuss fashion/clothing and its role in history and impact on the environment: i) Fashion vocab. ii) History vocab. iii) Environment vocab. iv) Used to doing v) Used to do
Grammar
Used to in different ways: i) I live on the 5th floor, so I am used to taking the elevator. ii) I live in a big city, so I am used to using the Metro. iii) David Beckham used to play football. iv) When I was a kid, I used to go to school.
Description
This unit explores the impact of cotton production on the environment with the example of the shrinking of the Aral Sea. It teaches learners lots of associated vocabulary and by the end of the lesson learners will also be able to use and understand structures with ‘used to’.