This week, the Thinking in English Community is exploring the connection between Nature and Science in our conversation clubs!
I think nature and science are deeply connected issues. Talking about these topics gives us a great chance to practise expressing opinions, comparing ideas, and discussing responsibility, discovery, and the future.
This conversation club is inspired by the recent Thinking in English episode Who Was Charles Darwin? (English Vocabulary Lesson), which introduced key ideas about scientific discovery, observation, and how humans have tried to understand the natural world.
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about nature, science, and humanity’s relationship with the environment!
The Thinking in English Conversation Club takes place every TUESDAY and THURSDAY at 12pm, 6pm, and 23pm UK time!
You can find more details on how to participate here!
Conversation Questions:
- What is your favourite natural environment (mountains, sea, forest, countryside, etc)?
- Do you think people today spend enough time outdoors?
- Why do you think humans are curious about nature?
- What can we learn from animals or plants?
- Do humans have a responsibility to protect nature?
- What scientific discovery do you think has changed human life the most?
- Can science help us fix environmental problems? How?
- Is it more important to protect nature or to develop technology? Why?
- What do you think future generations will learn about nature that we don’t know yet?
- Make your own questions!
Vocabulary
- Natural environment (noun phrase): the natural world, including landscapes, plants, animals, and ecosystems
- Outdoors (adverb/noun): outside, especially in natural or open spaces
- Curious (adjective): wanting to learn or know more about something
- Nature (noun): the physical world, including living things and natural processes
- Responsibility (noun): a duty or obligation to take care of something
- Protect (verb): to keep something safe from damage or harm
- Scientific discovery (noun phrase): a new finding or breakthrough made through scientific research
- Environmental problems (noun phrase): issues that harm the natural world, such as pollution or climate change
- Develop technology (verb phrase): to create or improve tools, machines, or systems
- Future generations (noun phrase): people who will live in the future
- Fix (verb): to solve or repair a problem
- Learn from (verb phrase): to gain knowledge or understanding by observing something
Resources
Conversation Club Times
12pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 12:00 GMT
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 06:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 07:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 09:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 09:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 13:00 CET
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 13:00 CET
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 15:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Tue/Thur at 20:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Tue/Thur at 21:00 JST
18pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Tue/Thur at 18:00 GMT
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 12:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 13:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 15:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 15:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Tue/Thur at 19:00 CET
- Warsaw, Poland Tue/Thur at 19:00 CET
- Istanbul, Turkey Tue/Thur at 21:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 02:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 03:00 JST
23pm Conversation Club Around The World
- London, United Kingdom Wed/Fri at 23:00 GMT
- Mexico City, Mexico Tue/Thur at 17:00 CST
- Bogota, Colombia Tue/Thur at 18:00 COT
- Santiago, Chile Tue/Thur at 20:00 CLST
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tue/Thur at 20:00 BRT
- Rome, Italy Wed/Fri at 00:00 CET
- Warsaw, Poland Wed, Wed/Fri at 00:00 CET
- Istanbul, Turkey Wed/Fri at 02:00 EEST
- Taipei, Taiwan Wed/Fri at 07:00 CST
- Tokyo, Japan Wed/Fri at 08:00 JST
Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, I have created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced responses, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
C1 (Advanced Level)
Model Answers
Vocabulary
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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Further Questions?
