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Listening:

A student discussion
Listen to two students comparing Mars and Earth to practise and improve your listening skills.

Before listening
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.

Preparation task
Write the words and phrases in the correct group.

to have in common but similar whereas

both to share while

Words and phrases for talking about Words and phrases for talking about
difference things that are the same

Tasks
Task 1
Write the characteristics in the correct group.

Has more air Is closer to the Sun Is colder Has stronger gravity

Has more nitrogen


Is 50 per cent smaller and oxygen than Used to have water Has a longer day
carbon dioxide

Earth Mars

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Task 2
Complete the sentences with words from the box.

astronomical nitrogen frozen

support Gravity same

1. Most people think Mars can ......................... human life.


2. We measure distances in space using ......................... units.
3. The two planets aren’t the ......................... colour.
4. Most of the water on Mars is probably ……………………………… .
5. The air on Earth is mostly made up of ……………………………… .
6. on Mars is just over one third as strong as on Earth.

Discussion
Do you think people will live on Mars one day?

Answers
Preparation task
Write the words and phrases in the correct group.

Words and phrases for talking about Words and phrases for talking about
difference things that are the same

But To have in common

Whereas Similar

while Both

To share

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Task 1
Earth Mars

Has more air Is colder

Is closer to the sun Is 50 per cent smaller

Has stronger gravity Used to have water

Has less carbon dioxide Has a longer day

Task 2
1. support
2. Astronomical
3. Same
4. Frozen
5. Nitrogen
6. Gravity

Discussion
Do you think people will live on Mars one day?

I think humans will "absolutely" be on Mars in the future, NASA chief scientist Jim Green told
USA TODAY. And the first person to go is likely living today, he said. After the "building
blocks of life" were discovered on the Red Planet, life on Mars and living on Mars seems to be
less like a scene from the movie The Martian and more like a reality.

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© 2019 British Council www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
© 2019 British Council www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
© 2019 British Council www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish

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