ANSWERS ACTIVITY 364

1.

What impression of the characters and opinions of the three speakers do you get?

a) Stella Mercer, the programme presenter shows concerned, sympathetic to the environment, and carefully neutral in relation to the oil industry. b) Estelle Greenshaw, a photojournalist is passionately committed to the environment, knowledgeable about her subject. c) Dr. Frank Spokewell, a representative from the oil industry shows cool, calm, reassuring.

2.

What major environmental problems are they talking about?

Water pollution, particularly of the seas (as an example, the accident that happened to the oil tanker Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound, Alaska) and its effect on wildlife and their habitats.

3.

Who do you think presents his or her points best?

Both guests seem knowledgeable about their subjects and able to present their cases well.

4.

Who do you feel most willing to believe?