Unit

5

Uni
t

GLOBAL
WARMING
FAMILY
LIFE

The UN Climate Change
Conference
LESSON 3 - READING

LESSON 3

WARM-UP

READING
Describing game

PRE-READING

Task 1: Discuss the problems.
• Task 2: Choose the best title.
• Task 3. Match the highlighted words with
their meanings.
• Task 4. Choose the correct answers.

WHILE-READING

POST-READING

CONSOLIDATION

Task 5: Discussion
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP
Work in groups. Look at the pictures and describe the situations
before and after.

PRE-READING

1

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and discuss the
environmental problems you see.

WHILE-READING

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

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WHILE-READING

3 Match the highlighted words with their meanings.

WHILE-READING

4 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

4 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

4 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

4 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

4 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

5

Work in groups. Discuss the following question.

“What should we do to reduce
global warming?”

CONSOLIDATION

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT
TODAY?

- Vocabulary about global warming
- Read for main ideas and specific information in an
article about the climate change conference

1 Wrap-up

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Prepare for Lesson 4 - Unit 5.

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