tailieunhanh - Book grammar for IELTS part 15

Tham khảo tài liệu 'book grammar for ielts part 15', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Linking ideas conjunctions adverbials and prepositions linking expressions A Context listening P You are going to hear a student presenting a report on eating fish. Before you listen match the words 1-9 to the definitions a-i . 1 staple adj 2 controversy 3 benefits and risks 4 consumption 5 mercury 6 poisonous 7 dose 8 exposure to 9 outweigh a b c d e f g h i advantages and disadvantages be greater than main basic a heavy silver metal harmful to the body contact with disagreement amount eating Listen and say whether these statements are true or false. 1 Eating fish might be bad for the heart. 2 Eating fish is good for the growth of the brain. 3 Some fish may contain a poison. 4 The Fisheries Scholarship funded this student s project. 5 The Fisheries Scholarship influenced the results of the study. 6 Comprehensive information is available about the pros and cons of eating fish. 7 The research noticed strong negative effects on the brain from the mercury contained in fish. 8 The student concludes that it is better for one s health to avoid eating fish. 198 Linking ideas F Fill in the gaps in the extract from the talk with the words from the box. Listen to the second half of the recording again and check your answers. although despite finally firstly however in spite of secondly to sum up We discovered that literature available on the risks and benefits of fish consumption there are still important gaps in this information. gaps 3 . decisions about how to advise people on fish consumption should be made based on what we know now. 4 . in terms of heart disease it has been shown that consuming even small quantities of fish can lower your risk of heart disease by 17 . 5. consuming fish is known to have a beneficial effect on brain development. 6. 7. exposure to mercury through eating fish can have a negative effect on IQ levels the effects that have been observed are relatively small. 8. it would seem that the health benefits of eating fish outweigh the .