The environment and climate changes
Language level: A2 – B1
Age of the students: 12 - 16
1) Recycling vocabulary
Match the words with pictures
greenhouse effect
gas
ice cap
melt
2) Fill the gaps with one word.
1) Without natural ________________ gases, the Earth would be 32° C _____________.
2) Because the Earth is getting hotter, the_____________ is changing.
3) Sea levels are ____________ because the polar ice caps are disappearing.
4) We can save _______________ by turning off machines instead of leaving them on
stand – by.
3) Fill the text with the words:
melt
flooded
temapartures
ice
floods
climate
Since the 1970s avarege global __________have risen by about O.6 °C and many
people belive that hurricanes and __________ were caused by __________changes.
For example, New Orleans was hit by a hurricane in 2005. Many people were killed or
were made homeless. Experts also believe that more places are going to be affected
by climate changes in the future. As the ________ caps at the North and South Poles
________and sea levels rise further, many towns and villages near the coast will be
____________.
4) Discuss these questions:
a) What is the best thing that individual people can do to help the environment?
b) Do you think children are being taught enaught about the enviroment in schools
these days?
c) Do people take the problem of global warming seriously in our country?
Results:
1) Greenhouse, hotter, climate, higher, energy
2) Temparatures, floods, climate, ice, melt, flooded
Zdroje:
Microsof Office Clipart
www.savetheplanet.com