Unit

5

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FAMILYWARMING
LIFE
GLOBAL
LESSON 5

LISTENING

BLACK CARBON
AND GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE
Student Book – page 57

LESSON 5

Climate change quiz

WARM-UP

PRE-LISTENING

Task 1: Match the words with their
meanings.
• Task 2: Listen to a talk and choose the
main idea.
• Task 3: Choose the correct answers.

WHILE-LISTENING

POST-LISTENING

CONSOLIDATION

LISTENING

Task 4: Answer the questions.
• Wrap-up

WARM-UP

1/ True or False: Wasting less food is
a way to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
True
False

2/ Which of the following is a
greenhouse gas?
CO2
CH4
Water Vapour
All of the above

3/ What is the greenhouse effect?

When you paint your house
green to become an
environmentalist

When the gases in our
atmosphere trap heat and block
it from escaping our planet

The name of climate change
legislation that was passed by
Congress

When you build a green house

4/ What can you do to help fight
climate change?

Divest from fossil fuel
companies

Vote for political candidates who
will advocate for climate-related
legislation and policy improvements

Engage yourself in the science
behind climate change

All of the above

PRE-LISTENING

soot (n)
/sʊt/
a black powder composed
mainly of carbon, produced
when coal, wood, etc. is burned

PRE-LISTENING

soil (n)
/sɔɪl/
the material on the surface of
the ground in which plants
grow; earth

PRE-LISTENING

crop (n)
/krɒp/
a plant such as a grain, vegetable,
or fruit grown in large amounts on a
farm, or the total amount gathered
of such a plant

PRE-LISTENING

melt (v)
/melt/
to turn from something solid
into something soft or liquid

PRE-LISTENING
Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. soot (n)

/sʊt/

a black powder composed mainly of carbon, produced
when coal, wood, etc. is burned

2. soil (n)

/sɔɪl/

the material on the surface of the ground in which plants
grow; earth

3. crop (n)

/krɒp/

a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large
amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such
a plant

4. melt (v)

/melt/

to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid

PRE-LISTENING

1 Work in pairs. Match the words with their meanings.

WHILELISTENING

2

Listen to a talk and choose the main idea.

WHILELISTENING

3 Listen to the talk again. Choose the correct answers A, B,
or C.

POST-LISTENING

4 Work in groups and answer the questions.
Is black carbon found in your city or
neighbourhood?
If so, where does it come from?

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up

What have you learnt today?
• New vocabulary
• Listen for main ideas and specific
information in a talk about black
carbon and global temperature

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework

• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Prepare for Lesson 6 - Unit 5.

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