1.

Adventure Tourism
Adventure tourism is a different way for tourists to see New Zealand. This type of
tourism uses the plentiful natural resources - mountains, rivers, lakes, wilderness areas
and historical sites to provide adventure, thrills and challenges which are low risk but
high in excitement. For example, the coastal areas in New Zealand are great for canoeing
and kayaking. White-water rafting is another popular water adventure tour.However, if
you would rather keep your feet on the ground, New Zealand has over 100 developed
walkways in addition to the tracks in the 12 National Parks. Because more and more
tourists are interested in learning about New Zealand by doing exciting and unusual
activities, adventure tourism will continue to grow.

2. Time Management
No matter how you slice it, there are only 24 hours in a day. To be successful at
university, students need to learn good time-management skills. The first skill is not
taking on more than you can handle. If you are a working part-time, have a family and
are involved in a community organisation, then taking a full course-load at university
will be too much. Another time management skill is reasonably estimating the time
required to perform each of the tasks at hand. For example, deeply reading a chapter
from a course text cannot be completed in between television programmes. Finally,
actually doing what needs to be done seems obvious, but is a very difficult skill. You
may find that cleaning out your wardrobe becomes vital when you are avoiding
study. Procrastination is a time manager's enemy. By learning time management skills
your university study will be successful and most importantly enjoyable.

3. Have Heart
The heart weighs about 11 ounces and is the size of a clenched fist. The heart of a man
performs at about 60 to 80 beats a minute. In a year it beats some 40 million times. At
each beat it takes in nearly a quarter of a pint of blood; in a single day it pumps 2,200
gallons of blood, and in the course of a single lifetime about 56 million gallons. Is there
any other engine capable of carrying on such heavy work over such a long period of time
without needing to be repaired? Obviously the human heart is a small yet highly efficient
piece of equipment.

1 Thousands of new people are born on our planet every day. The number of inhabitants in the
world has already reached over six billion. If the present growth rate remains unchecked, the
world may soon face wide-spread starvation, poverty, and serious health problems.
__________________________________ (topic sentence).
Therefore, it is predicted that the world will face
serious health problems in the near future.
b The rapid growth of the world's human
population is the most important problem the
world needs to address.
One of the burning issues is the population
explosion in third world countries.

2
__________________________________ (topic sentence).
Arriving in the land below the Rio Grande River, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortez
was surprised to see the local inhabitants raising crops that included avocados, corn, garlic and
nuts. Onions, tomatoes, chilli peppers and pumpkins were also grown in the rich soil. Irrigation
systems were employed in some of the drier regions. The Aztec farmers also were skilful in
creating terraced gardens to make the most of the rainfall and to minimise soil erosion.
Evidence shows that they employed crop rotation as well as natural fertilisers to enhance the
production of their farm products.
a The Aztecs of Mexico were a nation of
accomplished farmers.
Hernando Cortez discovered farming in Mexico.
Mexico is blessed with rich farmland and an
abundance of food products.

Student success at university is the result of a number of inter-related factors.

Factors in success at university

The most important factor is a student's past experience of study. If a student has
already developed good study habits, study at university should not be difficult.
Good study habits need to be complemented by interest and motivation, factors
which are important when competition gets tough. We should however not
underestimate the distracting effects of financial and personal difficulties. All
students have to grapple with these at some stage of their university life. Beyond the
personal factors it has to be said that there is also a certain element of luck involved
in success: this includes finding excellent teachers and the subject matter that
inspires one to give one's best.
Animal breeding for particular features may soon become obsolete with the new-found
ability of scientists to work at the level of genes. On the one hand there are those who
embrace the new bio-technology: genetic engineering. They argue that many genetic
changes will be hugely beneficial and harmless. As long as safeguards are in place, they
claim, humans would be foolish not to take advantage of the many benefits genetic
engineering has to offer. Others have seen the speed with which gene manipulation can get
out of hand, mixing species so that vegetable and animal are no longer distinguishable.
They want to wind the clock back. But can they?

Whether genetic engineering indeed has the benefits promised for us all without the
dangers remains open, but it is certainly here to stay.
Linking
Exercise 2.2
but
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, it
definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal
example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because
some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year
how ever
later, , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live
near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country,
in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our
but
refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, I didn’t speak
so
English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, I
did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country,
but
I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a
different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very
because but
comfortable, at the same time it was harmful I didn’t
learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though
painful, lesson to learn.

In the following paragraphs the topic sentence is highlighted in red. Click on the
sentence or sentences that do not belong in the paragraph. There may be one or
more irrelevant sentences.

Another problem facing a number of elderly people is living on a reduced

income. When they retire, old people may receive a pension from their company or
a benefit from the government. The amount of their monthly income is often
significantly less than they received when they were fully employed. All of a sudden,
retirees find that they can no longer continue the life style that they had become
accustomed to, even if that life style was a modest one. Many find, after paying their
monthly bills, that there is no money left for a movie or dinner out. Of course,
sometimes they can not go out because of their health. They may have arthritis or
rheumatism and it is painful for them to move around. This can also limit their
lifestyle. For some elderly people, however, the small amount of money they receive
will not even cover their monthly bills. They realise with horror that electricity, a
telephone, and good food are luxuries they can no longer afford. They resort to living
in cold homes, and eating cheap food to make ends meet.