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8 CLIL (Environmental Studies)

VIDEO

Vocabulary

Environmental problems Protect
1 4.30 Listen and repeat. What our
are these words/phrases Planet
in Bulgarian?
• Because of global warming, ice caps are melting in the Arctic
and Antarctic and the Earth’s oceans are rising. But we can
reduce the effects of global warming. We need to recycle more and
use clean energy.
• Many think half of our planet’s species can’t survive another 100
years because of pollution, climate change and hunting. Rhinos,
leopards and elephants are all in danger. Thanks to habitat protection,
grey wolves, bald eagles and sea lions aren’t endangered anymore!
1 ice caps melt
We should try to do the same for all endangered species.
• Rainforests are home to two thirds of the Earth’s 7 deforestation
animals, but we lose an area the size of two (cutting down
football fields because of deforestation every trees)
second! We must stop cutting down trees.
We should all do our best to help protect our
3 hunting planet.

4 flood
2 global warming

5 pollution
Check these words
melt, rise, reduce, effect, recycle, clean energy, 6 wildlife in
danger
species, survive, climate change, in danger, habitat
protection, endangered, rainforest, home to

Reading 4 What can we do personally to
help protect our planet? Tell your partner.
2 The pictures in Ex. 1 show problems our
planet faces. What can we do to solve them?
Read the text. Which of your solutions were Speaking
mentioned?
5 PRESENTATION SKILLS Watch the VIDEO .
Read the text in Ex. 2 and make notes. Use
3 Read again and match the phrases to your notes to give the class a presentation on
form sentences. Write in your notebook.
environmental problems and their solutions.
A B
1 Global warming A animals with Writing
causes extinction.
2 Climate change B the Earth’s 6 ICT In groups collect information about an
threatens oceans to rise. endangered species and write a short text
3 Cutting down C animals to lose about it. Write: ■ name ■ problems it faces
■ how we can help protect it (40-50 words).
trees causes their homes.
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