7.respect The Land, Al Gore
7.respect The Land, Al Gore
7.respect The Land, Al Gore
The weather is changing. Temperatures and sea levels are rising. Summers are getting hotter, winters are getting
__________________. But what does that mean for us here in the UK? What will it be like to live here in the future?
And why should we even care?
In the first few years of this century alone, floods, storms and heat __________________ have shown just how
vulnerable we are to __________________ weather. In August 2004, a 9ft wall of water swept through the villages of
Boscastle and Crackington Haven, in Cornwall, washing 75 cars, six buildings and several boats out to sea.
Extreme weather events such as these become more frequent and more __________________ with climate
change: if average temperatures in the UK go up by as much as 5.8 ºC – the upper end of scientific predictions – by
2010, the effects will be unbearable ... and inescapable. Moreover, the effects of global warming could decimate
much of the ___________________ world as small islands and coastal areas become uninhabitable, whole regions
are plunged into long-term drought, agricultural productivity drops dramatically and the spread of infectious
__________________ increases exponentially.
B. Match the following environmental issues in COLUMN A with their definition in COLUMN B. There is one extra
definition. Write only the letters.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
answer
1 2 3 4 5 6
Read the text carefully:
B. Say whether these sentences are TRUE or FALSE. QUOTE from the text to support ALL your answers.
1. In Al Gore’s opinion, our sense of community is less important than focusing on obvious aspects such as air
pollution, food and the water we drink.
____ / __________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Al Gore became environmentally conscious before becoming an adult.
____ / __________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
3. He has learnt from his own peers that children are environmentally friendly.
____ / __________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
4. We all have to work together to preserve the planet.
____ / __________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B.
1. False: “But to me the environment is also about something less obvious, though no less important. It is about our
sense of community”.
2. True: “Those are values I learned firsthand as a young boy on my family’s farm in Tennessee”.
3. False: “Fortunately, as I have raised a family of my own, I have learned that we have millions of powerful allies in
this cause: our children. It is often children who remind their parents to recycle their cans or to bundle their
newspapers”.
4. True: “If we are to protect and preserve our environment on a global scale, we all must do our part, as nations, as
families and as individuals”.
GRAMMAR – ADVERBS
A.
1.hard 2.fast 3.happily 4.politely 5.well 6.badly 7.carefully 8.correctly
B
1.faster 2.more clearly 3.more quickly 4.more slowly 5.more carefully 6.better
C
1.the hardest 2.the most carefully 3.the worst 4.the best 5.the most healthily