Book 2 Unit 4- Environment Successful English for Vocational colleges Text study A+Background information Words and ExpressionsText Moreover, the greenland and antarctic ice sheets are melting and sea levels are rising a centimetre a year. many low-lying islands like the maldives in the Indian ocean have disappeared and soon great cities on coasts, from Shanghai to New york will drown as well Scientists were warning the world about this 60 years ago. If people had acted quickly back then they would have stopped today's disasters But they did nothing. Why?
Book 2 Unit 4 - Environment Background information Words and Expressions Text Moreover, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting and sea levels are rising a centimetre a year. Many low-lying islands like the Maldives in the Indian Ocean have disappeared, and soon great cities on coasts, from Shanghai to New York, will drown as well. Scientists were warning the world about this 60 years ago. If people had acted quickly back then, they would have stopped today's disasters. But they did nothing. Why? Text study A
Book 2 Unit 4- Environment Successful English for Vocational colleges Text study A+ Background information Words and ExpressionsText News from the future 2 Yesterday, January 10th, 2060, the world heard the news it was hoping and praying for. Champagne has become rare these days, but people happily paid $1, 000 for a bottle to celebrate the United Nations Environment Programme announced that the world has again held its CO2 at 450 parts per million parts of air for the tenth year in a row. What's more, the level of co2 will decrease slightly this year, even though the world economy will continue growing by 4% per year
Book 2 Unit 4 - Environment Background information Words and Expressions Text News from the future 2 Yesterday, January 10th, 2060, the world heard the news it was hoping and praying for. Champagne has become rare these days, but people happily paid $1,000 for a bottle to celebrate. The United Nations Environment Programme announced that the world has again held its CO2 at 450 parts per million parts of air for the tenth year in a row. What's more, the level of CO2 will decrease slightly this year, even though the world economy will continue growing by 4% per year. Text study A
Book 2 Unit 4- Environment Successful English for Vocational colleges Text study A+Background information Words and ExpressionsText There are many reasons for this success and here are just a few First, we have reduced our use of fossil fuels such as oil gas and coal by nearly 80% over the last 50 years, and it is these that produce most of the CO2 emissions. We have replaced them with a number of alternative forms of energy such as solar, wind tidal and hydroelectric power. There is also new fuel technology today this runs the worlds three billion vehicles, and it produces no CO2 at all nor any other kind of pollution. And then there is the new nuclear power, the safe, cheap nuclear technology that EU members first began developing 80 years ago
Book 2 Unit 4 - Environment Background information Words and Expressions Text There are many reasons for this success, and here are just a few. First, we have reduced our use of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal by nearly 80% over the last 50 years, and it is these that produce most of the CO2 emissions. We have replaced them with a number of alternative forms of energy, such as solar, wind, tidal and hydroelectric power. There is also new fuel technology. Today this runs the world's three billion vehicles, and it produces no CO2 at all — nor any other kind of pollution. And then there is the new nuclear power, the safe, cheap nuclear technology that EU members first began developing 80 years ago. Text study A
Book 2 Unit 4- Environment Successful English for Vocational colleges Text study A+Background information Words and ExpressionsText These and other changes have happened thanks to the strength and vision of our grandparents' generation. Their governments understood the need to fight global warming. If they had not started and continued -the fight to control CO2 emissions then severe climate change would have begun by now. Our world would have fallen into chaos if those wise leaders had not been there Today, we owe them a big thank you as we come out of human history's greatest crisis
Book 2 Unit 4 - Environment Background information Words and Expressions Text These and other changes have happened thanks to the strength and vision of our grandparents' generation. Their governments understood the need to fight global warming. If they had not started — and continued — the fight to control CO2 emissions then, severe climate change would have begun by now. Our world would have fallen into chaos if those wise leaders had not been there. Today, we owe them a big thank you as we come out of human history's greatest crisis. Text study A
Book 2 Unit 4- Environment ◇m Successful English for Vocational colleges Looking at the text-Task1 Task 2 Task 3 Task4 Directions: Answer these questions News from future 1 1. What does the "critical figure"mean? It is 560 parts of CO2 per million parts of air in the earth's atmosphere 2. What is the difference in the level of co 2 between now and at the beginning of the industrial age? The level of co2 is now over twice as much as it was at the beginning of the industrial age in Britain 300 years ago 3. Why is this so worrying? This figure is the point of no return" for climate change
Book 2 Unit 4 - Environment Looking at the text Directions: Answer these questions. 1. What does the "critical figure" mean? _______________________________________________________ 2. What is the difference in the level of CO2 between now and at the beginning of the industrial age? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 3. Why is this so worrying? ________________________________________________________ It is 560 parts of CO2 per million parts of air in the earth's atmosphere. The level of CO2 is now over twice as much as it was at the beginning of the industrial age in Britain 300 years ago. This figure is the "point of no return" for climate change. News from future 1 Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4