Listening Comprehension
Activity 1 : Global ComprehensionThe video is about:
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Climate change
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Global warming
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Greenhouse effect
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Rising sea levels
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The melting of Arctic ice
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Carbon dioxide emission
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The man who speaks at the beginning is:
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a scientist | |
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a teacher
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a prime minister | |
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a journalist
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a green activist
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The message is:
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do something now before it’s too late
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a global warning | |
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urgent international action is needed
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climate change is like cancer
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activity 2
Take this quizz about the video.
Detailed comprehension:
Global warming is due to .............................. ......................................... in the atmosphere.
Today, carbon dioxide is .................... higher than at any time in ....................... years
Arctic ice has diminished by .................... in ................... year.
Global warming means ...................................... sea levels, more powerful ......................., devastating ..............................., more severe ........................ and famine.
Today, carbon dioxide is .................... higher than at any time in ....................... years
Arctic ice has diminished by .................... in ................... year.
Global warming means ...................................... sea levels, more powerful ......................., devastating ..............................., more severe ........................ and famine.
Fill in the missing information :
China :
Europe :
USA :
Contributions to carbon dioxide
Asia : China :
Europe :
USA :
What every individual must start doing now:
Switch off ........................... ................................... and ................................... them
Use energy efficient .................................... ......................................
Turn your thermostat ................................. 2 degrees
............................. and use .............................. products.
Activity 3
Listen to the beginning of this document again. Tony Blair is addressing the public at a press conference about global warming in 2006.
Fill in the blanks.
This is the most
report on the
published by this Government in its time in office.
Some will always make a case for in an issue such as this, partly because its implications are so . But what is not in doubt is that the scientific of global caused by greenhouse emissions is now . It is not in doubt that if the is right, the consequences for our planet are literally . And this disaster is not set to happen in some future, many years ahead, but in our lifetime.
What is more, unless we act , not some time distant but now, these consequences, as they are, will be .
Some will always make a case for in an issue such as this, partly because its implications are so . But what is not in doubt is that the scientific of global caused by greenhouse emissions is now . It is not in doubt that if the is right, the consequences for our planet are literally . And this disaster is not set to happen in some future, many years ahead, but in our lifetime.
What is more, unless we act , not some time distant but now, these consequences, as they are, will be .