Vocabulary. 4.Check you know the key words

Key Words

4. Check you know the key words.

Consequence

detect

drought

effect

evaporate

flood

glacier

heat

hurricane

serious

several

solution

5. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1) Most climate scientists agree that the climate is getting warmer.

2)As the sea gets warmer, it will…., causing sea levels to rise.

3)Higher temperatures make ice…

4)Drought is some places could force millions of people to ….

5)It’s hard to….exactly what will happen.

6)We’re using…. to monitor snow and ice cover.

7)Most governments around the world are starting to take… change seriously.

Grammar: Conditional Sentences. (Условные предложения).

6. Choose the correct form. It is first or second conditional?

1. If the sea gets (will get) warmer, it will expend, causing sea levels to rise.

2. If there’s(will be) more warm water, you will expect more hurricanes.

3. If higher temperatures make (will make) ice melt, water will run into the sea, causing sea level to rise even more.

4. The flood will be (is) if weather patterns change.

5. If there is (will be) lots of cold fresh water entering the sea, the ocean currents will disrupt.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into second conditional.

vv) If temperature (go up) … went up by a degree, the sea would flood many parts of the world.

ww) If every family (plant)... just one tree, over a billion pounds of ‘greenhouse gases’ would be removed from the atmosphere every year.

xx) If the polar ice melted, the level of the sea (rise)…

yy) If the level of the sea rose, this (be).. bad news for people living in low-lying places.

zz) The level of carbon dioxide would increase unless we (protect) the rainforests.

aaa) It would be too hot for some animals and too cold for others if the climate (change)…

bbb) What (happen) … if the climate changed?

Test yourself

8. Read the text again and choose the best title for each paragraph. There is one extra title.

1. Introduction

2. Data about the Environment

3. The consequences of global warming

4. Conclusion

5. Acid rains

9. Read the text again. Complete 1-7 with the suitable endings a-g

1. There are several reasons… a) some big environmental problems

for ourselves.

2. Hurricanes are formed over water… b) predict exactly.

3. Lots of cold fresh water entering the sea… c) make mistakes.

4. It’s hard to ….. d)could disrupt the ocean currents.

5. Scientists are recording the temperature the…. e)that’s warmer than 26⁰C.

6. Scientists can… h)to be worried about global warning.

7.We,human, have created…. g)speed of the ocean currents.

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