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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

29(b))：8Read, listen and look at the pictures. Are these problems familiar to you? Discuss.

Ice caps are melting as a consequence of climate change.

Some animals are experiencing the destruction of their natural habitats.

Floods can have disastrous consequences in rural and urban areas.

Forest fires can be caused by extreme weather.

8Match the words to discover the concepts.

Acid Greenhouse Endangered Ozone layer

reduction species rain effect

88 Identify the meaning of the concepts in activity 2.

a. Animals or plants which may soon not exist because there are very few now alive.

b.The gradual thinning of earth's ozone layer caused by chemical compounds from industry and other human activities.

C.A precipitation that is unusually acidic and can have harmful effects on plants, animals and infrastructure.

d.The increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere.

Extreme droughts are affecting many parts of the globe.

Weather-related natural disasters can be connected to global warming.

LET'S REFLECT

· What can you do to prevent these problems?

LESSON









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UNIT 2•Climate change and natural disasters LESSoN 1