_ iP Reading a webpage GENT Read tne page rm an envionmenil wel, Wat isthe Gro! The Broat : Green val ‘I'm sure you've heard of the Great Wall of China, but how about ‘but it's very real. In fact, here in Senegal, we've already planted over an 8,000-kilometre-fong wall made entirely of trees and plants? 1s 11 million trees! called he Great Green Wal and WS gong to cross the entire nthe area ol he wal, te res nw ald he earth together otha continent of Africa. is not eroded by the wind. They add humidity to the ai, so the wate: ‘5 My name is Amadou and I'm from Senegal, south af the Sahara ‘sources have improved - in fact, some of the wells that nave been. Desert, Long ago, the land here was fertile and there were plenty cry for years have filled up. My mother and the other vilage worig oftess and hires But oecaus of cate change the weathers. 20 canna grow vegetable gardens, 80 2 ftaly got enough at holler and droughts come more otn The reas have dd and Wife that no one has seen for 5 years as rture, the arth has tured to dry sad. Noting grows, so hungeris_putthe Great Green Wali als Halpng usin ther was, ace soeonsan treat the teil stuation her, thre are et young men etn our ge ‘In 2007, 11 countries in the region decided to take action. By ‘They've migrated to Europe to find work, and many have died on ‘working together to plant a “wall” of millions of trees, we hoped 25 the way. I'm 16 now, but I'm not planning to leave, My friends and fobing the and bakto ite, seemed ikea fanas theme, along ith thousands of oer, have js ating teste -wall. We're proud of what we're doing and we know that we can ea ‘money her al home. The Great Green Wal rised bit ha 30 already brought new hope of a better future to our country. 12 What do the following numbers in the text refer to? 41,8000 2 2007 3. 11million 4.50 5. 16, 13 Answer the questions. 1, Inwhat ways has the climate changed in Senegal? 2, In what ways has climate change affected the landscape? 3. What isthe purpose ofthe Great Green Wall? 4, Why have many young Senegalese men migrated to Europe? 4, Why might the Great Green Wall stop more people from migrating? Senegal has asad history. 1 ee onan of pone om 3 ‘Africa were captured and brought) °°, Froim there, they were sent toe 9845 [Europe and America,