Enghlish 11 UNIT 6 READING GLOBAL WARMING

How often do you see these problems? They lead to global warming.. Do you think that humans are responsible for global warming?... UNIT 6: GLOBAL WARMING Lesson 2.. Reading Global war

Welcome to our class

Game: Hidden doors

- The student who can describe the problems in the pictures first will be the

winner.

People cut down forest/Deforestation

CO2 emissions from vehicles

CO2 emissions from factories and power plants

Dumping rubbish/ Water pollution

1 How often do you see these problems?

 They lead to global warming.

3 Do you think that humans are responsible for global warming?

UNIT 6: GLOBAL WARMING

Lesson 2 Reading

Global warming is real

Activity 1. Match the words with their meaning.

1. Catastrophic (adj) a. all living creatures and plants in a certain area and the relationships between them

2. Famine (n) b. the mixture of gases surrounding the Earth

3 Absorb (v) c. the fact of having many different types of people, animals, plants or things

4 Capture (v) d. take in ( gas, liquid, heat )from the space of surface around

5 Atmosphere (n) e. catch and keep something/ someone in a place

6 Ecosystem (n) f when a lot of people do not have enough food and many die

7 Diversity (n) g disastrous

1 Catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk/ (adj) : Thảm khốc

2 Famine /ˈfæmɪn/ (n): Nạn đói

3 Absorb /əbˈzɔːb/ (v): Hấp thụ

4 Atmosphere /'ætməsfiə/ (n): Thoát ra

5 Capture /ˈkæptʃə(r)/ (v): Đuổi, bắt

6 Ecosystem /ˈiːkəʊsɪstəm/ (n): Hệ sinh thái

7 Diversity /daɪˈvɜːsəti/ (n): Sự đa dạng

A. Global warming is the rise in the world’s temperature.

B Global warming leads to the extinction of millions of species in the world.

Activity 2: Select the statement that expresses its main idea.

Activity 3: Answer the questions.

1. Who is mainly responsible for global warming?

2. What happens when coal is burnt to make electricity?

3. How does deforestation contribute to global warming?

4. What could happen to people when sea levels rise?

5. How can high temperatures affect crops?

6 Why is widespread loss of species a matter of great concern

 Humans/People/We are responsible. 

 It releases a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

 Deforestation disrupts the process of absorbing and capturing CO2 from the atmosphere, which causes the world’s temperature to rise  

 They could lose their homes.

 They can reduce crop harvests globally.

 Because humans cannot exist without species diversity on Earth.

Activity 4: Discuss with a partner.

1. Which of the effects of global warming do you think is the most serious?

Suggested answer

We should

Recycle

Put rubbish into bins

Turn off lights when not in use

Use public transports

- Learn all the new vocabulary by heart.

- Prepare for the next lesson “Speaking”