97 2 Earth under pressure 49 Idioms Work with a partner. The following idioms are from “Good news for a change”: hope springs eternal to do a stand-up thing to keep at it – he kept at it a shout-out Choose two or three of the idiomatic phrases listed. Explain their meaning to one another in English. How would you translate these phrases into Icelandic? WRITING 50 Using quotes “It’s not enough for just me to love the earth, everybody has to love it.” Jadav “Molai” Payeng Rewrite a short section of “Good news for a change” to include this quote. Notice that quotes are more effective if they are introduced and explained in a text, not just stuck between sentences. 51 Good news research Choose an environmental topic that gets a lot of bad headlines. It could be the plight of Sumatran tigers, deforestation of the Amazon, or coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef. Find some information about people who are trying to act, who are trying to cause some good news for a change. Write your own informative paragraph to explain. You could even address it to “Concerned Human”. Hæfniviðmið • Skrifað lipran, sam- felldan texta af ólíkum gerðum í samræmi við inntak og tilgang með skrifunum. • Skrifað skilmerkilega um efni sem hann hefur lesið, séð eða heyrt. • Nýtt ólíka miðla á ábyrgan hátt til að afla, greina og miðla upplýsingum og skoðunum. (Lykilhæfni)
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