Welcome to our class

Game: Hidden doors
- The hidden doors are opened one by one.
- The group which has the students describing
the problems in more pictures will be the
winner.

People cut down forest/Deforestation

CO2 emissions from vehicles

CO2 emissions from factories and power plants

Dumping rubbish/
Water pollution

1.What do these actions lead to?
 They lead to global warming.
2. Do you think that humans are responsible for global
warming?

UNIT 5: GLOBAL WARMING
Lesson 3. Reading

The UN Climate Change
Conference

Vocabulary
1. Emissions /i'mi∫n/ (n) sự thải ra

2. Balance / 'bæləns/ (n) Sự cân bằng
3. carbon

/ˈkɑː.bən/ (n) Khí các bon

4. Methane /ˈmiː.θeɪn/ (n) Khí mê tan

PRE-READING

1 Match the

words with their meanings.

WHILE-READING

2 Read the article and choose the best title for it.

C

WHILE-READING

3 Read the article again and choose the correct answers
A, B, or C.

Which of the following is not a COP's key goal?
A. Stop cutting down forests.
B. Replace coal with cleaner sources of energy.
C. End methane emissions.

WHILE-READING

3 Read the article again and choose the correct answers
A, B, or C.

What will happen if there is a balance between the
greenhouse gases released and those removed from
the atmosphere?
A. Global warming will be limited to 1.5∘C.
B. Global CO2 emissions will increase.
C. Countries will switch to clean energy.

WHILE-READING

3 Read the article again and choose the correct answers
A, B, or C.

Why is it important to reduce the use of coal?
A. Because it is easy to build coal plants.
B. Because coal is not as clean as gas.
C. Because it is responsible for a large part of the CO2
emissions.

WHILE-READING

3 Read the article again and choose the correct answers
A, B, or C.

How does deforestation contribute to global
warming?
A. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere.
B. Trees release carbon into the atmosphere when
they are cut down or burnt.
C. Forests trap heat and increase temperatures.

WHILE-READING

3 Read the article again and choose the correct answers
A, B, or C.

Why is reducing methane emissions a key goal?
A. Because its emissions result from farming
activities and landfill waste.
B. Because methane's warming power is stronger
than that of CO2.
C. Because it is produced through human activities.

POST-READING

4

Work in groups. Discuss the following question.

“What should we do to reduce
global warming?”

“What should we do to reduce
global warming?”
* Suggested answer
- Raise peoples' awareness of the seriousness of
global warming
- Use renewable energy : solar energy, wind energy…
- Plant more trees and reserve forests
- Use public transport in stead of personal cars or
motorbikes to reduce exhaust fumes.

- ………….

- Learn all the new vocabulary by heart.
- Prepare for the next lesson “Speaking”