Unit 6: GLOBAL WARMING
GETTING STARTED
1.Ms Hoa, an English teacher, is helping a group of students in her class to prepare for their presentation. Listen and read.
-globe (n)
-global (a)
-outline (n)
-emit (v)
-emission (n)
-fertiliser (n)
-fertile (a)
-fertilize (v)
-deforestation (n)
-infectious (a)
-relate (v)
2.Answer the questions
1.It is global warming.
2.They intend to include three parts: 1)the causes, 2)the effects, 3)the solutions.
3.Greenhouse gas emissions from factories and vehicles; use of chemical fertilizers, and deforestation.
4.Climate change allows for infectious diseases to spread more easily; contributes to heat-related illnesses and death; has severe impact on water supplies, threatens food production and upsets ecological balance.
5.They should change their daily habits.
6.
3.Match the words and phrases with their definitions
1.c
2.g
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.e
7.h
8.f
4.Find the sentences with the structure having+ past participle
-In the past , a lot of industries denied having contributed to global warming.
-Having treated the environment irresponsibly, humans now have to suffer the effects of global warming.
-Having planned the content, we’re now looking for supporting information.