- •Earth is Dearer than Gold
- •I. Active Vocabulary
- •1. Match the following words and phrases with their definitions:
- •2. A) Insert the missing words and phrases into the text:
- •Environmental Pollution
- •2. B) Are the statements True or False?
- •3. Match the words with their synonyms:
- •4. Find words that best complete the sentences. Each line corresponds to one letter.
- •5. Complete the following sentences with a word or expression from the box. There are some that you do not need.
- •7. Match the words from the two columns to create phrases or collocations. Then use them in sentences of your own.
- •8. For each sentence, choose the best word to complete the gap :
- •9. Fill in the correct animal from the table, then try to explain the meaning of the phrases.Write two sentences of your own using these phrases.
- •II. Listening
- •1. Listen to the “Rainforest song” by j.P Taylor. Then do the exercises below.
- •2. A) Make sure that you know the meaning of the words below:
- •III. Video listening
- •1. A) Study the words and phrases below:
- •IV. Reading
- •1. A) What do you know about rainforests in general? What role do they play? Where are they situated?
- •The Importance of Rainforests
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Define whether the sentences true or false:
- •3. Choose the topic sentences in each of the paragraphs and write a short summary of the text.
- •Read the text without a dictionary.
- •Speaking
- •Look at the words below and decide which are good or bad for the environment.
- •Think of three environmental problems. Say:
- •3. A) Match the headlines to the environmental problems.
- •Match the problems to their effects and their solutions. Then in pairs discuss, as in the model.
- •VI. Writing
- •1. Find some information to write a short article about any environmental problem. State the problem, then write what has caused it and what people can do about it.
- •2. Write an essay on one of the topics below. Use your active vocabulary.
2. B) Are the statements True or False?
The article is from a magazine
The text describes different types of air pollution
Canada sends acid rain to the USA
Global warming is also called climate change
Industrial countries cause the “greenhouse effect”
You can see the effects of ozone layer depletion in Chile
Sheep are damaging the ozone layer
3. Match the words with their synonyms:
1. sanctuary a. poisonous
2. protect b. throw out
3. hazardous c. contamination
4. emit d. safeguard
5. toxic e. dangerous
6. pollution f. shelter
4. Find words that best complete the sentences. Each line corresponds to one letter.
Some letters have already been given.
1. Using energy efficiently reduces the emission of _ _ _ _ _ h _ _ s _ gases.
2. Oxygen in the atmosphere forms a screen – the ozone layer – which filters the _ _ _ _ a _ _ _ l _ _ rays of the sun.
3. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident released huge amounts of r _ d _ _ _ _ _ n into the environment.
4. The dinosaurs _ _ _ d out 65 million years ago.
5. _ m _ _ is the major cause of air pollution in big cities.
5. Complete the following sentences with a word or expression from the box. There are some that you do not need.
CFC • unleaded petrol • endangered • tidal energy • ozone layer • natural resources • desertification • fumes • greenhouse effect • pollution • acid rain • extinct • global warming • fossil fuels • rainforest • solar power • wildlife • recycle • bottle bank • ecological |
1. … falling on forests has killed a lot of trees in the last 20 years.
2. The council is encouraging us to ... more household rubbish.
3. Factories and vehicles produce a lot of dangerous ... .
4. ... of the atmosphere has increased over the last 50 years, making the environment very dirty.
5. The effect of gases in the earth's atmosphere is preventing the earth from losing heat;
this is called the ... .
6. When … gases are released into the atmosphere, they rise slowly.
7. The hole in the … is getting larger every year.
8. If ... continues, there is a danger that the polar ice-cap will start to melt.
9. We take all our empty bottles to the ... so that the glass can be used again.
10. Long periods of drought have brought about the ... of whole areas of central Africa.
11. Tigers, whales and panda bears are all ... species.
12. People are worried that soon whales will become ... .
13. We should use fewer … such as oil and coal, and look to other energy sources such as ... and .... .
6. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words from the table.
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acid – change – endangered – environmental – layer – ozone – polluted – rainforests – reduction – renewable
Friends of the Earth is the world’s largest international network of (1) ... Groups represented in 68 countries. In the UK, it was the first organization to campaign to save whales, (2) ... species and tropical (3) … . Friends of the Earth also fought against (4) ... rain, (5) ... depletion and climate (6) ... .
The organization’s present campaigns cover many more issues, such as protecting the wildlife and the countryside and cutting air pollution. They promote waste (7) … and cleaning up of (8) ... Rivers. They also campaign for the reduction of traffic levels and the improvement of public transport.
They lobby politicians and political parties to protect the ozone (9) ... and control dangerous chemicals.
to control dangerous chemicals. Their objectives also include promoting energy efficiency and (10) ... energy.