Climate change

Intro questions::

What environmental issue are you concerned about? Why ? What can we do about it ?
Do you recycle? What do you recycle?
What is the biggest environmental problem in Russia? How can we solve this problem?

Obama’s new power plan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYXyYFzP4Lc

Phrases used in the video:

backed up by (supported by/evidenced by)

overwhelming scientific consensus (agreement of the majority of scientists)
droughts (absence of rain for a long period of time)
wild-fires (uncontrolled fires)
asthma rates ( number of people suffering from asthma- a respiratory problem)
smog (fog that combines with smoke)
landing in the hospital (to end up in hospital/to go to the hospital)
clean power (power from less harmful sources, for example: solar power)
combat climate change ( to deal with the problem of climate change)
power plants ( the place where electricity is produced)
carbon pollution (carbon waste in the atmosphere)
dump pollution (to deposit/leave)
power companies (a company that provides electricity)
act on climate change (to take action/combat the effects of climate change)
sustainable (causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue
for a long time)
Fill in the blanks using the words below:

(power plants,clean power, bills,sustainable,backed, rising sea levels, deeper

droughts,smog, combat,dump,power companies, toxic, asthma rates,)

Our climate is changing. It is changing in ways that threaten our economy, our security and
our health. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact ………………….up by decades of carefully collected
data and overwhelming scientific consensus and it has serious implications for the way we
live now. We can see it and we can feel it: hotter
summers,............................................................................., extreme weather events like
stronger storms,............................................................................. and longer wildfire
seasons. All disasters that are becoming more frequent, more expensive and more
dangerous. Our own family has experienced it too. Over the past three decades,
………………………………………... have more than doubled. As temperatures keep
warming and ……………………rates gets worse, those Americans will be at even greater
risk of landing in the hospital. Climate change is not a problem for another generation. Not
anymore.
That is why on Monday, my administration will release the final version of America’s
…………………………………………... plan. The biggest, most important step we have ever
taken to ………………………………………... climate change.
…………………………………………………. are the single biggest source of the harmful
carbon pollution that contributes to climate change, but until now there have been no federal
limits to the amount of that pollution those plants can dump into the air. Think about that. We
limit the amount of ……………………………………. chemicals like Mercury and sulfur and
arsenic in our air and water and we are better off for it, but existing power plants can still
…………………………………... unlimited amounts of harmful carbon pollution into the air we
breathe.
For the sake of our kids, for the health and safety of all Americans-that’s about to change.
We’ve been working with states and ………………………………………………….to make
sure they’ve got the flexibility they need to cut this pollution, all while lowering energy
……………………….., ensuring reliable service and paving the way for new job-creating
innovations that help America lead the world.
If you believe like I do, that we can’t condemn our kids to a planet that’s beyond fixing. Then
I am asking you to share this message with your friends and family. Push your own
communities to adopt smarter, more ………………………………... practices. Remind
everyone that represents you that protecting the world we leave to our children is a
prerequisite for your vote. Join us. We can do this. It is time for America and the world to act
on climate change.

Write a sentence using each of these words:

1) Climate change:

2) Sustainable:

3) Carbon pollution:

4) Power plants:

5) Droughts:

Topics for discussion

‘Climate change is the most serious threat to our planet at the moment’

‘Normal people can’t do much to stop global warming’