Global Issues. Form 8

1. Global Issues

Made by Strelkova O.V.
Form 8

2. Global Issues

3. Match the names of disasters (1-7) with their descriptions (a-g)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
drought d
earthquake e
avalanche g
flood f
hurricane b
tsunami c
tornado a
a. a rotating wind
b. a very strong wind or
storm
c. a huge wave caused by an
earthquake
d. a long time without rain
e. ground shaking
f. too much water
g. a large mass of snow

4.

war

5.

poverty

6.

7.

global warming

8.

endangered species

9.

pollution

10.

homelessness

11.

child labour

12.

war
poverty
famine
global warming
endangered species
pollution
homelessness
child labour

13. Listen and match the speakers to the statements. Which global issue are they talking about?

Speaker
Statement
1
2
3
4
5
6
D
B
F
E
C
A

14.

• (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

15.

16. Complete the words using the clues in brackets

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
isaster (like floods, fires, earthquakes)
natural d______s
p ollutio
_____n (dirty air and water)
home________
lessness (no home)
po____y
vert (no money)
f_____e
amin (no food)
global w_______
arming (when the air around
the world becomes warmer because of pollution)
ar (fighting, using soldiers and weapons)
7. w___
8. child l____
abou_r (the use of children to do work that
should be done by adults)
9. en_________
dangered species (animals or plants that
may soon not exist because there are very few
now alive)

17.

A BETTER WORLD
PROBLEMS
Not enough schools
Too much pollution
Not enough homes
Too much poverty ….
SOLUTIONS
Build more schools
Ban traffic
Use bicycles …..