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136 Unit 11: Climate v4ss3n Goals talk about climate and climate change describe inventions and how they work discuss proposals understand imagery in a poem describe an ongoing process say if actions are justified write a blog comment write a proposal write an article Saving our planet What do you already know about climate change and global warming? Read the statements and tick ( ) true (T) or false (F). T F 1 On average, each person throws away 1.8 kg of rubbish every day. 2 The surface of the Earth is two thirds water, but fresh water represents only 10%. 3 The world’s population is expected to double by the year 2100. 4 Every day 10 species of plants and animals become extinct. 5 The US has 5% of the world’s population but produces 21.2% of the world’s CO 2 emissions. The figures for Austria are 0.12% (population) and 0.23% (CO 2 emissions). 6 US water consumption per head is twice as high as British water consumption. Compare and discuss your ideas in class. Then ask your teacher for the answers. Mini research project. What can you find out about the billionaire Richard Branson on the internet? Compare your results in class. Look at the photo. Why do you think it was taken? Listen to the news story. 1 How much did Richard Branson offer, and for what? 2 Why do you think he did this? Do you think his offer is a good idea? Why? /Why not? The box below shows some keywords from the news story. 1 Which are directly connected with climate change? 2 Write sentences to show connections between the words in the box. How many can you think of? Example: Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. 3 Try to use all the words to reconstruct what the reporter said. 1 billion tonnes  carbon dioxide  Richard Branson  United Nations  temperatures  90% greenhouse gases  humans  atmosphere  six degrees  climate change  billionaire 25 million dollars  global warming  century Listen again. Were any words used differently? a REaDIng 1 b Richard Branson and Al Gore LIsTEnIng 2 3 a 4 TCD  3/10 b a LanguagE FOcus 5 Climate change b Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv