Climate change - Hello! Beyond Words Term 1 - أول اعدادي

UNIT 5 In nature Unit objectives Reading: An article about how climate change is affecting people; An article about water scarcity; Helping the Earth: a poem Writing: A blog post about becoming more eco-friendly Listening: Understand a talk about geology Speaking: Talk about the effects of climate change; Making comparisons Language: Comparatives and superlatives; Articles 1 Climate change Lesson objectives: Think! What is the weather like in Egypt? Do you think it is changing? How? Read and understand a story about how climate change is affecting people •Learn vocabulary for problems that climate change causes Use punctuation correctly: capital letters 56 1 Look at the photos showing the effects of climate change. Complete the comments with the correct words under the photos. a drought a wildfire a flood water scarcity heatstroke 1 Can you see how strong the wind is? There's 2 The last time we had any rain was three years ago. There's 3 The trees are so dry, a a storm started and burnt them down. 4 We don't have enough to drink right now. There's 5 My sister is feeling ill because she was out in the sun for too long. She has 6 Water from the river is coming into our house. There's

2 Read and listen to the article. Match the photos to the paragraphs. How climate change is affecting me 1 Hi, I'm Leonie. I live in a village in Andalusia in Spain. Hot weather in summer is normal for us, but this summer the highest temperature was 46 °C. That's about five degrees warmer than it normally is. My family is having a lot of problems because of the hot weather here. 2 My family lives on a farm. Because of the hot weather, there's a drought in the south of Spain right now. The tomato plants on our farm are getting smaller and some of their leaves are brown. Because of the drought, we can't give the plants as much water as they need. My family therefore don't have enough tomatoes to sell. My dad is looking for a second job so he can earn more money. 3 We're also having some problems with our health. My mom had heatstroke last week and she stayed in bed for three days because she was too ill to get up. She had a fever and she was really tired all the time. We were very worried about her, but, fortunately, she's feeling better now. Some of my friends had heatstroke, too. I'm trying to stay inside as much as possible, so I don't get heatstroke as well. 4 The worst thing about this summer for me was that our school closed for a week. The teachers said it was dangerous for us to travel to school because it was so hot. It was also too hot for us to be at school because we don't have air conditioning there. I missed my friends when we couldn't go to school. I hope that never happens again! a b d M ACTOR TODAY UNIT 5 3 Read the article again. Then read the sentences and circle T (true) or F (false). 4 1 The temperature in Andalusia was 10 degrees higher than usual this summer. T/F 2 Leonie's family grow tomatoes on their farm. T/F 3 There is plenty of water on Leonie's family's farm. T/F 4 Leonie's mom stayed in bed for a week when she had heatstroke. T/F Using punctuation correctly: capital letters Remember that we use capital letters for the names of cities, regions, countries (Cairo, Andalusia, Spain), and degrees Celsius (°C). Celsius is the name of the person who invented this temperature scale. Work in pairs. Say which of the effects of climate change affect you now and will affect you in the future. There is water scarcity where I live. We don't have enough water to drink or to wash with. I think that in the future, drought and heatstroke will affect me because the weather is getting hotter and drier. 57