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SESSION
Warm up
10 minutes
Presentation
25-30 minutes
2. Read this article from the Guardian about climate change. In pairs, choose a title for each
paragraph from the box below.
A)
Climate change is already taking a sizeable chunk out of global food supply and it is going to get worse.
Increases in crop yields which are needed to sustain a growing population have slowed over the last 40
years. Some studies now point to dramatic declines in some crops over the next 50 years especially wheat, and
to a lesser extent corn. Rice so far is unaffected. The shortages, and the threat of food price spikes, could lead to
unrest.
B)
Climate change poses a threat to human security, and could lead to increased migration. Potential shortages
of food and water, because of climate change, could be drivers of future conflicts. These won't necessarily be
wars between states, but conflicts between farmers and ranchers, or between cities and agriculture industry
which wants water for food. On the flip side, those conflicts are going to get in the way of government's efforts
to protect people from future climate change.
C)
Some are more vulnerable than others. Poor people in poor countries and even the poor in rich countries
are going to bear an unfair burden of climate change, the report said. Climate change is going to exacerbate
existing inequalities, and it is going to make it harder for people to claw their way out of poverty.
D)
As temperatures rise beyond 2 degrees to 4 degrees our current trajectory there are limits to how far
society can adapt to climate change. The only way out is to cut emissions now and buy some time by slowing
warming and at the same time make plans for sea walls, relocations, and other measures that can keep people
out of harms' way.
E)
The report notes that research on the effects of climate change has doubled since the last report in 2007 and
so has understanding about what needs to done to insulate people from more severe consequences.
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Comprehension
1.
2.
Practice
25-30 minutes
Vocabulary
4. Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.
artificial
concrete
crops
endangered
energy
environment
factory
free range
fuel
organic
polluted
public transpory
traffic
pesticides
veal
wildlife
Rhinos are an _____endangered______ species. We have to protect them or they will become
extinct.
Its amazing how much ____________________ you can find in a city garden: foxes,
hedgehogs, frogs and lots of birds and insects.
Theres too much____________________ in modern cities. Why cant we have more parks and
open spaces instead of all these skyscrapers?
We need stricter laws to protect the _____________________ from the smoke and gases
released by cars and factories.
I dont usually eat sweets. The ___________________ colourings and flavourings give me a
headache.
This apple juice is ____________________ . That means the fruit trees werent sprayed with
chemicals.
I only eat ____________________ chicken and eggs. I dont approve of chicken farms where
the animals are kept in small cages.
This farm is like a ____________________ . The animals are treated like machines.
10 In order to produce ___________________ , farmers take calves from their mothers when they
are two weeks old and keep them in small, dark cages.
11 Oil is the main source of ____________________ in this country. It would be good to use
cleaner sources like the wind and the sun.
12 There would be less ____________________ on the roads if the government made
___________________ cheaper.
13 Our new car is very economical on ____________________. It can do 100 kilometres on six
litres.
14 A ship carrying oil crashed on the rocks here last year and now a lot of the coast is
____________________.
Environment collocations
5. Complete the text with the words in the list to form collocations.
Environmentalists predict that our planet is going to be affected by
extreme (1)_______ change if we keep using (2)_________fuels.
These fuels produce large amounts of greenhouse ____________
such as carbon dioxide, which cause temperatures to increase. This
phenomenon, known as global (4) ___________, is already having
an effect. In some areas, higher temperatures and lower rainfall is
causing desertification. The polar (5)____________are melting and
sea (6)_______________are rising, resulting in flooding. There are
ways in which we can minimize these effects. For example, we can
generate renewable (7)__________ using wind (8)_________ or
(9) ___________panels. We can put (10) ____________petrol in our cars to make the
(11)________fumes less toxic, and use energy (12)____________light bulbs in our houses. Cities
could introduce a congestion (13)__________to cut down traffic, and promote (14) _________friendly
transport, like bikes. (15)_______________offsetting schemes can also make a difference.
a) carbon
b) charge
c) climate
h) fossil
i) gases
j) ice caps
o) warming
d) energy
k) levels
e) environmentally
l) saving
f)exhaust
m) solar
g) farms
n) unleaded
Production
25-30 minutes
CASE 2
Homework
SESSION
Warm up
10 minutes
1. In pairs, pick up a flashcard and ask your colleague the following questions. Swap roles.
session 2
warm up
presentation
listening from radio 4. pre-listening. Explain the meaning of the following of the words
listeing- fill in the gaps
post-listening- look at the highlighted words in the text.
practice
modals
production
debate- defensar el seu rol
Agricultor, politic, ecologista, el que ven fruta, profesor, flashcards amb les guidelands, vei,
homework
explicar presentacio per a la semana que be
practice de modals
session 3
warm-up:
presentation: sample
practice:
production:
homework writing essay topic
session 4;
warm-up; quiz
presentation; readings
practice: links
production; video/
homework; rehearse presentation
session 5