A Geologist from Sweden

 
 

Vocabulary

occur	obviously	do for a living
price	income	listed company
reach	flow (2)	globalization
fuel	thing (2)	price hike
hike	resource	exploration
worry	tempura	couple (2)

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Transcript

My Damian Brett. I’m thirty-two years old, and I live in Sweden.

What do you do for a living?

I work as an exploration manager for Hansel Resources, a Canadian listed exploration company. And I’m on a high-level income.

What does globalization mean to you?

It means the flow of information and services around the world reaching a lot more people then used to occur.

What worries you?

Obviously the things that are occurring at the moment. There’s large price hikes in transportation, fuel and food; they’re going up.

What makes you happy?

Being able to travel around, see lots of places, enjoying my job. A good lifestyle.

What’s your favorite food?

Uh, tempura. Japanese tempura. It’s fantastic

How do you spend your leisure time?

To relax and enjoy watching sports, especially football.

Which country would you like to visit?

Within a couple of weeks, I’m going to St. Petersburg. It should be great to see that city, the architecture, and the way people are living over there.

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Questions

1. Who is this person? Is he American?

2. Does Damian do research on volcanoes?

3. Is he positive or negative about globalization?

4. Damian is worried about inflation. Is this right or wrong?

5. Partying, music and cars make him happy. Is this absolutely true, mostly true, in the middle, yes and no, mostly false or entirely false?

6. Does he love pizza, hamburgers and shawarma?

7. He plays soccer with his friends. Is this correct or incorrect or both?

8. Where is he traveling to?

 
 

A. There are large mineral deposits in my country. Yes or no?

B. Are there many different geological features such as mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, volcanoes?

C. Are you from Sweden? Do you live in Sweden? Have you ever been to Sweden?

D. Have you met anyone from Sweden? Who were they? What were they doing?

E. Describe the climate and geography of Sweden.

F. Describe the economy of Sweden. What does it import and export?

G. Does Sweden have any problems or challenges?

H. What is the food of Sweden like? Describe Swedish cuisine.

I. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historical, natural)?

J. What comes to mind when you think of Sweden? What do you associate with Sweden?