Global Warming

1. 21st century issues

урок английского языка, 9 класс
УМК Ю.А. Комарова, И.В. Ларионова Английский
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2. GLOBAL WARMING

The slow increase in the temperature of the Earth caused
partly by the greenhouse effect increasing the amount of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

3. OIL

A thick dark smooth liquid from under the ground,
used for making petrol and other fuels.

4. CLONING

The process of creating an animal or plant in a laboratory
that is an exact copy of another using the original
animal’s or plant’s DNA.

5. FLOOD

If there is a flood, a large amount of water covers an
area which is usually dry, for example when a river
flows over its banks or a pipe bursts.

6. SOLAR POWER

Power obtained by harnessing the energy of
the sun's rays

7. WIND POWER

Energy created from wind that is turned into
electricity or used for making a machine work.

8. GAS

Gas is a substance like air that burns easily. It
is used as a fuel for cooking and heating.

9. GM (genetically modified) food

It contains ingredients made from genetically
modified plants or animals. The abbreviation GM is
often used.

10. Match 1-7 and a-c to make defitions

1. Gas
a) the process of creating an
animal or plant in a
2. Cloning
laboratory
3. Global
b) a substance like air that burns
warming
easily
4. Oil
c) made from genetically
modified plants or animals
d) created from wind that is
turned into electricity

11.

5. Flood
6. GM food
7. Wind
power
e) a large amount of water
covers an area which is
usually dry
f) the slow increase in the
temperature of the Earth
g) A thick dark smooth liquid
used for making petrol

12. Check your answers

1-b, 2-a, 3-f, 4-g, 5-e, 6-c, 7-d