109 What do you know about the effects of global warming in the colder places on earth (e.g. in the Far North or South)? Talk in pairs and make some notes in your notebook. You are going to watch a video clip about climate change in Alaska. Look at the pictures below. What could the clip be about? Discuss with a partner and share your ideas with the class. Becoming carbon-neutral LISTENING + VIEWING 14 a 07 b Now watch the video. Did you guess correctly what it was about? Were any of the points you wrote down in your notebook mentioned? Read the following questions before watching the video again. Discuss them in class afterwards. 1 Why are the villagers forced to rebury their ancestors? Why do you think they need metal coffins? 2 What is Walter Nelson keeping a record of? What are his findings? 3 At what rate is global warming occurring in Alaska? What are some of the effects of this? 4 What contrast does the woman interviewed point out? What can we learn from this evidence? 5 What practical measures are being taken to try to slow the erosion? 6 What could potentially happen to the village in the future? Expand your vocabulary: Word partners Combine one expression from box A with one from box B to match to definitions 1–8. All expressions are from the climate change video. In each box there is one expression you won’t need. c SPEAKING 15 LANGUAGE 16 at an alarming increased global to face falling to fight relocated sinking speed of A average erosion flooding head-on house a losing battle rate village water B 1 : the mean for the whole world 2 : to try in vain to succeed 3 : to fight without fear 4 : so fast it’s worrying 5 : ever more frequent overflow of water 6 : dwellings moved to a different place 7 : subsiding building 8 : the rate at which land is disappearing Now summarise the content of the video in a paragraph of around 120 words. Use at least three of the expressions above in your paragraph. WRITING 17 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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