Environment and society

Environment and society: Accuracy drill

Discuss sustainability, public behavior, and tradeoffs in everyday policy topics.

B214 min

Handle common B2 public themes with clearer tradeoff language and consequences. Use this lesson to move B2 work into controlled practice.

Warm-up

Key words

waste

residuo

recycling

reciclaje

policy

politica

long-term

a largo plazo

Input

Turismo y patrimonio

Guia de escucha (no transcripcion literal): el debate examina preservacion de centros historicos con alto flujo turistico. Se contrapone la gentrificacion desplaza comercio tradicional con limites practicos y se plantea limitar usos intensivos y proteger residentes; el cierre insiste en habitabilidad.

  • What is the main idea of Turismo y patrimonio?
  • Which expression from the audio can you reuse in conversation?
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Focus

Society and sustainability

Handle common B2 public themes with clearer tradeoff language and consequences.

  • Explain a social or environmental issue.
  • Compare short-term and long-term effects.
  • Support your view with practical reasoning.
El problema no se resuelve a corto plazo.Hace falta una politica mas coherente.El cambio de habitos seria positivo a largo plazo.

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the sentence that best fits this B2 topic.

Exercise 2

Choose the best answer for this environment and society: accuracy drill situation.

Exercise 3

Complete with the target expression: El problema no se resuelve a corto ___ Choose the best option.

Exercise 4

Choose the Spanish for "waste".

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "recycling".

Exercise 6

Complete with the target expression: El problema no se resuelve a corto ___

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: waste.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: recycling.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: policy.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: long-term.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

problemanoseresuelveacortoplazoEl

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

unapoliticamascoherenteHacefalta

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

habitosseriapositivoalargoplazoElcambiode

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

largoplazoa

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Environmentandsociety:Accuracydrill

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this environment and society: accuracy drill exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this environment and society: accuracy drill exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this environment and society: accuracy drill exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this environment and society: accuracy drill exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this environment and society: accuracy drill exchange.

Use it

Tutor handoff

Copy and paste this prompt into Virtual Tutor to continue the lesson in guided conversation form.

Act as a patient B2 Spanish tutor. Continue this lesson theme: Environment and society. Push me slightly above simple recognition and make me answer with clean, level-appropriate Spanish. Correct grammar, vocabulary choice, and natural phrasing.

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