Focus on Words

Fact file
• In the 2000s, much of the world entered into a deep recession. Up to 45% of global
wealth has been destroyed by the global financial crisis in little less than a year and
a half.
• China has seen oil consumption grow by 8% yearly since 2002, doubling from
1996–2006.
• In I007, China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of
CO2. In 2003, 29% of open sea fisheries were in a state of collapse.
• Eight million tons of oil are thrown into the oceans every year.
• Every year Americans use enough paper to build a 12-foot high wall from Los
Angeles to New York.
<strong>Focus</strong> on Phonetics
drought
flood
hurricane
famine
earthquake
LISTENING
environment – environmental
contaminate – contamination
forest – deforestation
danger – endangered
consume – consumption
Listen to the text “The arguments about climate change” and do the exercise.
Comprehension
1. What are the basic arguments concerning the climate change?
2. What ideas or programs are suggested to slow down the process?
Example:
Bicycles are pollution-free and silent, and take up very little parking space.
WRITE ON
Write a passage about pollution in industrial centres using connetives
expressing contrary outcome to express opposing opinions.
Read the text and retell it.
The Elements
Volcanoes. A dormant volcano is a volcano that has been quiet for hundreds of
years. However there is always a danger that a DV may suddenly erupt. A volcano may
be extinct if it stopped erupting. An erupting volcano is a dramatic sight. It spews hot
molten rock/magma/. Volcanoes often occur in mountain ranges on land but they can
also form on ocean floors, rising above the sea level. There are many volcanoes
surrounding the Pacific ocean that is known as the ring of fire. Some islands are the top
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