2. Global Issues

3. (to) save – спасать, беречь, экономить
(to) damage - повреждать, портить
(to) cause - быть причиной/поводом
сause – причина, повод
(to) destroy - уничтожать
(to) release - выпускать
(to) rise – расти, подниматься
(to) melt - таять
(to) protect - защищать
(to) absorb - поглощать
(to) pollute - загрязнять
(to) process - обрабатывать
(to) reduce - сокращать

4. Match the names of disasters (1-7) with their descriptions (a-g)
a rotating wind
a very strong wind or storm
a huge wave caused by an earthquake
a long time without rain
ground shaking
too much water
a large mass of snow e
drought
earthquake
avalanche
flood
hurricane
tsunami
tornado g f b c a

5. war

6. poverty

8. global warming

9. endangered species

10. pollution

11. homelessness

12. child labour

13. war
poverty
famine
global warming
endangered species
pollution
homelessness
child labour

14. Some of the Global Issues
Global Warming
The Ozone Layer
Pollution
Deforestation
Recycling
Alternative Energy

15. Listen and match the speakers to the statements
Listen and match the speakers to the statements. Which global issue are they talking about?
Speaker 1 2 3 4 5 6
Statement D B F E C A
war
pollution
child labour
homelessness
global warming
endangered species

17. Complete the words using the clues in brackets
isaster
natural d______s (like floods, fires, earthquakes)
p _____ n (dirty air and water)
home________ (no home)
po____y (no money)
f_____ e (no food)
global w_______ (when the air around the world becomes warmer because of pollution)
w___ (fighting, using soldiers and weapons)
child l_____r (the use of children to do work that should be done by adults)
en_________ species (animals or plants that may soon not exist because there are very few now alive)
ollutio
lessness
vert
amin
arming ar
abou
dangered

18. Make a better world… PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS Not enough schools
Too much pollution
Not enough homes
Too much poverty ….
SOLUTIONS
Build more schools
Ban traffic
Use bicycles …..