Unit 7
Lessons 5+6
Student’s Book pages 60 and 61
SPEAKING
1 Look at the photographs. What do you think they represent? Discuss with a partner.
Answers
The photographs represent the need to use the resources of Earth responsibly. We can recycle or use things again. We need to work with nature, not against it.
VOCABULARY: Global warming
2 These words are all connected to global warming. Check the meaning of any words you don’t know in the Activity Book Glossary or in a dictionary.
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extinction efficiency appliance organic conserves enlighten absorb |
The words in bold are in the wrong sentences. Put them in the correct place.
1 Spread awareness about global warming and absorb your friends and family.
2 Plants enlighten water through roots, stems and leaves.
3 Over the years, the world has witnessed the conserves of many animal species.
4 Minimising the use of electricity saves money and extinction energy.
Answer
1 enlighten
2 absorb
3 extinction
4 conserves
READING
3 Read this newspaper report on tips that help save the planet’s environment. How can this problem be solved?
Be Active!
• Reduce, reuse and recycle! Did you know that a 1.5l bottle requires less energy and produces less waste than three 0.5l bottles? Avoid buying unnecessary items, reuse old material or recycle them into new products.
• Turn off those lights! Did you know that you are using a huge amount of energy by keeping your electronics (light bulbs, phone charger, etc.) plugged in? Try using manual appliances instead of electric ones, if available, and keep watching TV and using your computer to a minimum.
• Go organic! Did you know that organic farming cuts the production of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide by at least half? It also requires less irrigation, which conserves water and energy. It’s not only better for the planet; it’s healthier for you too!
• Plant a tree! Did you know that a single tree will absorb approximately one tonne of carbon dioxide during its lifetime? So start digging!
• Encourage your friends! Finally, did you know that you can double the outcomes by sharing the above information? Set up recycling programmes and encourage energy efficiency at your school and neighbourhood. The more people you manage to enlighten, the greater YOUR help to save the planet will be (but please take action yourself too)!
Suggested answers
This problem can be solved by not buying unnecessary items, by reusing old material, and recycling products that can’t be used. We should try not to use electric appliances too much and buy and eat organic food. We can also plant trees and get our friends involved.
COMPREHENSION
4 Besides saving the planet’s environment, how can the ‘suggested’ ideas help you as an individual? Use full sentences.
The past is the future of the present.
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Reduce, reuse and recycle! |
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Turn off those lights! |
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Go organic! |
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Plant a tree! |
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Encourage your friends! |
Suggested answers
If I avoid buying unnecessary items, reusing old material, I will save money and can then donate to charity. If I eat organic food, I will be healthier.
Speaking
5 What do you think of when you hear or see these words? Discuss your ideas with a partner.
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sun rain wind cloud ice flood drought |
When I hear or see the word ‘ice’, I think of white snow and polar bears.
Answers
When I hear or see the word ‘drought’ , I think of deserts and dying crops.
When I hear or see the word ‘wind’ , I think of hurricanes and trees falling down.
SPEAKING AND WRITING
6 Imagine you are living in Australia. There is a very bad drought and no rain has fallen for many years. The earth is turning to dust, and crops are dying. What can you do? Discuss your ideas with a partner and write notes.
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Student’s own answers
7 Read these sentences about the drought in Australia. With your partner, think of more sentences to add to the list.
• It’s the worst drought in 100 years. There isn’t much water available.
• Crops can’t grow. Farmers have lost a lot of money.
• There was some rain last week. It hasn’t had a big effect.
• Two million people live in the area. Luckily, they have enough to drink.
• Forests are becoming very dry.
Answers
It is very hot but there isn’t water, so we can’t have showers.There is a very real danger of fire because everything is very dry. We don’t know when it will rain again.
8 Refer to your ideas in exercises 6 and 7 to write a newspaper report about the drought in Australia. Use the newspaper report on page 60 as a model and include at least one defining relative clause in your work. Then share your work with the class.
Writing strategies
Writing a newspaper report
• As you plan with a partner, write some notes about what you want to discuss (e.g. What do we eat? How do we get water?)
• Ask and answer questions as you discuss your plan.
• Use words and expressions you have learnt in this unit (e.g. victims, as a result, safety).
Answers
Students’ own answers
QUOTATION
Read the quotation. Do you agree with it? Why/Why not? Translate the quotation into Arabic.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
John Ruskin, Critic (1819 CE–1900 CE)
ليس هناك من طقس سيّء، وإنّما هناك أنواع مختلفة من الطقس الجيّد
Unit 7
Lessons 5+6
Activity Book pages 42 and 43
Reading
8 Read the text and answer the questions.
The nine beautiful islands of Tuvalu, in the Pacific Ocean, have always been at a very low sea level. They are only just above the surface of the ocean now, but the sea is rising every year.
Tropical storms on the island have begun to get much worse since the 1980s. Rising sea waters cause floods. The floods are destructive – turning whole villages into lakes.
One of the problems is that the sea water is making the land too salty, so it is impossible to grow any crops.
This natural disaster has caused a feeling of sadness in the hearts of many, and experts believe it was caused by climate change. They think the problem is going to get worse. These tiny islands will disappear completely unless we can stop global warming.
The Tuvalans face a difficult dilemma. If they stay in Tuvalu, their lives will be in danger and their resources will no longer become sufficient. However if they leave, they will suffer deeply: Tuvalu is the only home they have ever known.
1 Why are the islands of Tuvalu under threat?
2 What will happen to the islands if global warming continues?
3 How do tropical storms affect the island?
4 What is the effect of flooding on people’s food supply?
5 What are the two options that the Tuvalan people have?
1 The islands of Tuvalu are under threat because the sea level is rising every year, and the islands are just above the surface of the ocean.
2 If global warming continues, the islands will disappear completely.
3 Tropical storms cause floods, which turn the whole villages into lakes.
4 Flooding causes scarcity in food supplies for people.
5 The Tuvalan people can either stay in Tuvalu and live in danger of food scarcity, or leave Tuvalu, the only home they have.
9 Write a short paragraph suggesting solutions to reduce global warming. Use the words from the box below.
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appliance organic conserve extinction |
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Students’ own answers
WRITING: A DESCRIPTION OF A COUNTRY'S CLIMATE
10 Choose one of the following types of climate to research. Which country has this kind of climate?
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polar tundra mountain cool temperate desert monsoon tropical warm temperate |
Make notes about the weather in the country you are going to research.
● How many different seasons are there?
● What is the weather like in each season?
● What crops do people grow there?
● How have people and animals adapted to the climate?
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Students’ own answers
11 Now write a description of the country’s climate and conditions.
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Students’ own answers