Discourse analysis

Activity 4 Work with your small groups. Underline the best word or phrase

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   Flights a broad are becoming cheaper, although / however most people are aware of lie damage they cause lo the environment.
   
2. 
   The beach is mainly pebbles, but at least/ in the same way it is fairly clean
   
3. 
   Wilson was dismissed from his job, in addition to/ on account of the seriousness of his offence
   
4. 
   Huygens’ astronomical observations required an extract means of measuring time, and he wants thus/nevertheless led in 1656 to invent the pendulum clock.
   
5. 
   Students are often not taught to think effectively. However/ as a result they overwhelmed with information, as they cannot see the wood for the trees
   
6. 
   Alcohol drinking is strongly associated with the risk of liver cancer Moreover/None the less, there is some evidence suggesting that heavy alcohol consumption is particularly strongly associated with liver cancer among smokers
   
7. 
   Patience is not passive; on the other hand / on the contrary, it is activate ; it is concentrated strength
   
8. 
   This Mary Louisa Smith's marriage certificate is dated 4 June 1867. Accordingly /In the same way, she cannot be the Mary Louisa Smith born in Liverpool on 12 November I860.
   
9. 
   Doctors concluded that the patient's erratic behavior was probably besides / due to the mild concussion she suffered in the accident
   
10. 
    Red dwarf stars fuse hydrogen and helium, but the fusion is slow because of the low temperature at the core of the star. Consequently/ in some respect, these stars give of very little light.
    

Activity 5 work with your partner. Complete the text using one word in each space and compare with the whole class.
Genetically Modified Food
Genetically modified (or GM) foods are foods from plants (e.g. cotton, maize, tomatoes) which have been modified in a laboratory by inserting DNA from another organism. As a result of this process, the new plant variety will have some new quality (e.g. resistance to certain pests, improved flower) which makes it, in some b_________ , more valuable. C _______________ all, a GM plants can be specially develop to suit certain condition, and although the process products similar results to normal plant selection to some d________________, genetic modification is quite a different way of creating new varieties of plants, e _______________ to the range of possible modifications. F________________ to natural breeding techniques, which take place over a long period and may require thousands of plantings, genetic modifications can be made more efficiently, and targeted precisely at a specific need. G ___________
, GM industry has come in for a great deal of criticism. Many people argue that it is dangerous to release GM plants into the environment on h________________ of their unusual characteristics. I___________, critics stress that such plants are unnecessary. They argue that rather than creating potentially dangerous new varieties, we should be distributing food more efficiently.