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What is the season in the first shot of the short movie?

Read an article about climate change. Some words are missing from the text. Choose
the most appropriate word from the list (A-K) for each gap (1-8) in the text. There is
one word that you do not need to use.

Climate change

Our planet is gradually getting (0) warmer . Data of temperature changes in


Antarctica (1) _______________ a rise in the average temperature of a surprising 4.5
(2) _______________ in only fifty years. Many scientist (3) _______________
alarmed at the prospect of a hotter world, and with a good reason. The ice in
Antarctica consists of 75% of the Earth’s (4) _______________ water. As the planet
heats up, the ice melts. A major (5) _______________ would cause sea levels to rise
dramatically, (6) _______________ would result in huge floods across the earth.
Over the past three years, massive icebergs have been breaking off the Antarctic ice-
shelves. Recently, a huge section (7) _______________ off and crumbled into the sea
– the largest iceberg measuring 107 by 21 miles (211 by 33 kilometres). But (8)
_______________ is causing this rise in temperature? Most scientists think global
warming from growing air pollution is responsible, while others argue that
temperature changes have occurred throughout history.

A are F meltdown
B broke G show
C degrees H what
D warmer I would
E fresh K which

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D
Should or shouldn’t? Fill in the sentences.

1. We ___________________ waste water.


2. We ___________________ recycle more.
3. We ___________________ use the public transportation.
4. We ___________________ stop damaging our environment.
5. We ___________________ keep the lights on all the time.
6. We ___________________ walk and cycle more.
7. We ___________________ cut down the trees.
8. We ___________________ plant more trees.
9. We ___________________ waste paper.
10. We ___________________ light campfires.
11. We ___________________ use recycled bags.
12. We ___________________ waste electricity.
13. We ___________________ recycle bottles and cans.
14. We ___________________ sort the garbage.
15. We ___________________ use eco-friendly products.
16. We ___________________ save energy.
17. We ___________________ have showers instead of baths.
18. We ___________________ buy and use plastic.
19. We ___________________ turn off the tap while brushing our teeth.
20. We ___________________ turn off the lights when we leave a room.
Give detailed answers to the following questions with the help of the vocabulary
below.

1. Where do you live?


2. Are there any factories there?
3. Is there a heavy traffic on your street?
4. Do you do anything to keep your neighbourhood clean?
5. Where do you put coke-cans or chocolate papers?
6. Do you pick up the litter you see on the street?
7. Do you like animals?
8. Have you ever saved one?
9. Do you grow plants?
10. Are you interested in protecting your environment?
11. Have you ever joined any environmental protection group?
12. Is there a selective garbage collection system in your place?
13. Do you think there are enough woods and greenery around us?
14. Do you know what the greenhouse effect is? Can you explain it?
15. Why is it dangerous to take a sunbath at midday?
to pollute szennyez
pollution szennyezés
to protect megvéd
protection védelem
environment környezet
smoke füst
chimney kémény
smell szag
to smell bűzlik
smelly büdös
bottle üveg
box doboz
to throw away eldob
atmosphere légkör, atmoszféra
battery elem
rubbish háziszemét
litter utcai szemét
to litter szemetel
dirt kosz
plastic műanyag
broken glass üvegdarab
dustbin kuka
trashcan kuka (US)
ash hamu
smog szmog
waste hulladék
carbon dioxide széndioxid
incalculable beláthatatlan
global globális
rubbish collection szemétszállítás
to recycle újrahasznosít
to endanger veszélyeztet
poisonous mérgező
environment friendly környezetbarát
soot korom
filter szűrő
to destroy kiírt, kipusztít
to suffer szenved, sínylődik
emission kibocsátás
to damage megkárosít
inflammable éghető
disposable eldobható
greenhouse üvegház

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