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Callum: Hello I'm Callum Robertson and this is Talk about English, live from studio S6
in Bush House London.

Today it’s quiz time as two teams of students battle for the Talk about English
Trophy. They’ll be answering questions on environmental topics, vocabulary
and general knowledge as well as taking part in the Talk about English debate

Let's introduce today's competitors. Representing the Frances King School of
English

Dusan Topolovic & Eduardo Bergamaschi Felizola

And from Bell Centres London

Mi Ae Jo & Serena Fiume

(Guests introduce themselves)

(Hear each team's buzzer & buzzer for bonus points.)

Callum: Before we get started with today's quiz, here is a question for everyone
listening live online.


What gets wetter as it dries?

If you think you know the answer, email us at talkaboutenglish@bbc.co.uk or
enter through the competition page of the website where you can also see the
question again.

Now on with the quiz

Callum: Round 1 – Environment QUESTIONS
Our current Talk about English Topic is the environment. For the first round of
the quiz I'll ask the teams questions based on this topic which are taken from
two areas of the BBC Learning English website. They are the Weekender
feature “Carbon Neutral Al Gore”, and the Words in the News Story “Climate
change warning”. The teams have had a chance to look at these stories in
advance so let's get started, if you know the answer, press your buzzer.

What position did Al Gore use to have in US politics?

(Former) Vice President


What is the name of his documentary film?

An Inconvenient Truth


How does he try to counter the environmental damage done by the flying he does?

By living a carbon neutral life


Name one other thing connected with his current activities that he describes as being carbon
neutral.

Carbon neutral tour
Production is carbon neutral
Book is carbon neutral


Climate Change Warning questions.

This report was a warning about a specific country, which country?

Greenland


Which particular part of Greenland are scientists concerned about?

The ice-cap


The Greenland ice-cap is estimated to hold what percentage of the world’s fresh water?

10%



GONG

Callum: And that's the end of the first round

The environment is one of those topics that has a lot of coverage in the media,
is it a big issue in your countries?

(Response from contestants)

This topic is the subject of our debate. Our teams are going to be arguing that
saving the environment is either the responsibility of individuals or the
responsibility of governments.

Each team has a maximum of three minutes to put forward their points. If you
are listening to this programme live you can vote on which team makes the best
argument. The team which gets the most votes will get an extra point. Also as
the teams are speaking I'll award them extra points for good arguments and
good use of English.

Frances King
Protecting the environment is the responsibility of individuals

Bell
Protecting the environment is the responsibility of governments

Callum: ( Respond to teams with points and feedback on good points and bad points)

This is Talk about English live from BBC Learning English dot com. Today
our special live quiz. Time now for our next round, which is all about the
vocabulary of the environment

ROUND 2 – Vocabulary Questions

How do you spell environment?


Both texts used an expression to describe a point beyond which something starts to happen
and can’t be stopped. What is this expression?

A tipping-point

We hear a lot about greenhouse gasses and the greenhouse effect. But what is a greenhouse

A glass building to grow plants in


Someone who is environmentally aware is said to be ‘green’. But what does it mean if
someone is described as being green-fingered?

Good at gardening

GONG

Callum: And that's the end of the vocabulary round.

(To teams) How green are you?

(Responses from team members)

Callum: Now it’s time for our final general knowledge round. The questions can be
about anything, so good luck.

ROUND 3 - General Knowledge

How many bones are there in the adult human body?

(2 points for the exact answer, 1 point for 5 either side)

206



Where in the world is the Great Barrier Reef


(Pacific Ocean / Australia)


What is arachnophobia?

Fear of spiders.



SCHOOL BELL]

Callum: Well that sound means it's time to end the quiz. It's been very exciting so well
done everyone.

Before we find out the final score let's find out which team won the public vote,
whose opinion was most supported:

(VOTE RESULT and COMMENT AWARD POINT TO TEAM)

And with that the final scores are:

Frances King – 8 points
Bell – 14 points

Congratulations and a big thank you to both teams and to your schools. Before
we go, the answer to the question I set at the beginning of the programme.

What gets wetter as it dries? The answer is ‘a towel’

[Announce winner]

That's all from our live Talk about English quiz. Goodbye from me and the
teams. (GOODBYES)