Environment lesson 1

Breaking news: The Earth teetering on the edge of collapse

May 3, 2021

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English C1

A farewell to ice

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vocabulary

Picture 1

• Snowstorm
• Blizzard = severe snowstorm + high winds
• icicles = a hanging piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water (carámbanos)
• Snowflake: a small piece of snow that falls from the sky
• Firn = thick snow before it turns into ice (neviza)
• Graupel = soft hail (aguanieve)
• Hoarfrost = a white layer of pieces of ice like needles that forms on objects outside when it is very cold (escarcha)
• Cold snap = a brief period of very cold weather (ola de frío)
• Frigid = very cold temperature (frígido)
• To thaw out = gradually get warm after being very cold (descongelar)
• Power outage = interruption of energy supply (apagón)

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Vocabulary

Picture 2

• Ghost net = a fishing net that has been abandoned in the ocean
• Microplastics = extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste
• Water pollution
• Marine debris = any solid material that is intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment (deshechos marinos)
• Oil spill = an escape of oil into the sea or other body of water (derrame de petróleo)
• Marine ecosystem

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vOCABULARY

Picture 3

• Wildfire = unwanted, uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation starting in rural areas and urban areas (incendio forestal)
• Embers = a glowing fragment (as of coal) from a fire especially : one smoldering in ashes (ascuas)
• Scorched = burned by flames or heat (chamuscado)
• Plume of smoke = a long cloud of smoke or vapour resembling a feather as it spreads from its point of origin (columna de humo)
• Heatwave
• To ignite = to catch fire (prenderse fuego)
• Charred = burnt and blackened (carbonizado)

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Vocabulary

Picture 4

• Glacier = a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles (glaciar)
• Iceberg = a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier
• Shoreline = the line along which a large body of water meets the land (orilla)
• Famished = extremely hungry (famélico)
• Arctic Circle = Círculo polar ártico
• Sea level = nivel del mar
• Tide = the alternate rising and falling of the sea (marea)

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TRUTH TO POWER- One Republic

What do you think the songs is about?

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Pay attention to the videoclip and write at least 5 words related to environment that you could see

Example

• Floods
• Drought
• Downpour (chaparrón)
• Glacier
• Destruction
• High tide
• Plumes of smoke

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Lyrics

If you could see me the way I see youIf you could feel me the way I feel you You'd be a believer You'd be a believer Minutes turn to hours Hours turn to years And I've seen truth turn to power

I could tell you I was fragileI could tell you I was weak I could write you out a letter To tell you anything you need I've seen minutes turn to hours Hours turn to years And I've seen truth turn to power

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could tell you I was agelessBut I know you see the light I could tell you I'm immune to everything But that's a lie Dust don't turn to flowers Skies don't disappear But I've seen truth to power

Oh, if you could see me the way I see youIf you could feel me the way I feel you You'd be a believer (believer) You'd be a believer (believer) You'd be a believer (believer)…

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What does the song mean to you?

'truth' leads to 'power' when it comes to standing up and helping to create change.

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Reading activity

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DEFORESTATION

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Listening activity

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Have you ever calculated your ecological footprint?

What is it? Am I doing good or bad? What can I do to change it? HELP!!

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Writing task

Write a composition about the things you could do in your day to day life to lower your ecological footprint (300 words)

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