Стр.56 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс
6 T12 Quickly read the article and choose the best title. a The weather in Europe b The worldtasks changing climate с Climate and the international community Текст аудирования:
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6 T12 Quickly read the article and choose the best title.
a The weather in Europe
b The worldtasks changing climate
с Climate and the international community
Текст аудирования:
1. What is climate change?
The Earth’s weather is always changing. In the past natural events caused these climatic changes, but now scientists use the phrase ‘climate change’ to talk about changes which started with the growth of industry in the 19th century. The changes people are worried about now are the result of human behaviour — not natural changes in the atmosphere.
2. Climate change and the future
We all know about the 2003 heatwave in central Europe and Hurricane Katrina which hit the USA in 2005. Scientists are studying these events and other evidence of climate change to predict our future weather. A very important part of their work is looking at the long-term effects of climate change on our environment. For example, water is extremely important for human life. Is rainfall going to increase? Or will there be more hot weather and less rain? Some people believe that water is so important that there will be wars about it in the future.
3. Changing our behaviour
There are a lot of things we can do to slow down climate change. Instead of using coal, oil and gas, we will need to get more of our energy from renewable sources such as the sun, wind and water. There are already land and sea wind farms in Europe and in the next ten years governments are going to build more. We can also be more environmentally-friendly in our own lives. For example, when you go to bed tonight, are you going to turn off the TV and computer or leave them on standby? This weekend are you going to use public transport or drive your car? There are a lot of things we can do at home to help save energy and reduce pollution.
4. International action
Do you know about the Kyoto Protocol? The countries of the United Nations met in Kyoto, Japan in 1997 and agreed to try to control climate change. In 2005 the Protocol — or agreement - became international law. The countries which signed the agreement are going to reduce their greenhouse gases by 5.2 percent before the end of 2012. The only two industrial countries that didn’t sign the agreement are the USA, the world’s biggest polluter, and Australia.
7 Read the article carefully and match the headings А, В, C, D or E with the paragraphs. There is one extra heading.
A Changing our behaviour
В Climate change and the future
С The importance of recycling
D International action
E What is climate change?
8 Read the statements. Write T for true, F for false and NS for not stated.
According to the text
1. in the past the worldtasks climate didntaskt change.
2. nowadays all climate change is natural.
3. climate change has lead to shortage of drinking water.
4. there will probably be wars about water.
5. there wontaskt be any more wind farms in Europe.
6. it’s a waste of time to save energy in your home.
9 Find the words in the article. They are underlined. Match them with the correct part of speech and definition.
1. heatwave - noun — a period of unusually hot weather
2. long-term adjective — continuing for a long period of time in the future
3. slow down -verb — to make something happen less quickly
4. renewable - adjective — something that is replaced as it is used
5. standby - noun — ready to use when needed
6. protocol - noun — the rules for correct behaviour
7. control - verb — to have the power to change something
10 Get ready to speak about your own programme of changes at your school.