portugal
A Scientist
Luis talks about his work, life, and philosophy.
Vocabulary
scientist | institute | climate |
impact | research | basically |
map | climate | change |
name | namely | enhance |
risk | forest fire | even (2) |
vegetable | vegetation | across (2) |
for me | globalization | avoidable |
trend | mankind | evolution |
ever since | lay/laid | first |
stone | word | follow |
path | mean | challenge |
local | attitude | reflect (2) |
scale (2) | global scale | obvious |
climate change | CO2 | emit/emission |
part | process | happy |
still | true | themselves |
commit | task | favorite |
codfish | variety | make |
oven | really | tasty |
should | try | country (2) |
visit | pretty (2) | close |
connect | empty | understand |
culture | there is | a lot |
main | reason | just |
take | trans | train |
all | all the way | wonderful |
Questions
1. Who is this person?
2. Where is he from? Where does he live and work?
3. What is his job? What does he do?
4. Globalization is modern and recent. Yes or no?
5. Do people live in isolation or are they all interconnected? Give examples.
6. What makes him happy?
7. Is his favorite food beef and chicken?
8. He wants to visit Russia. Why does he want to visit Russia?
A. Do you live in Portugal? Are you from Portugal? Have you been to Portugal?
B. Have you met people from Portugal? What were they doing?
C. Describe the climate and geography of Portugal.
D. Describe the economy of Portugal. What does it import and export?
E. What are some problems of Portugal?
F. What is Portuguese food or cuisine like?
G. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historical, natural)?