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Part 1
Watch the movie.

1 Questions about the movie.

a What is the movie about?
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b Give a title to the movie.
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c What is the United Nations organization mentioned in the movie?
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2 Vocabulary.
Match the word / phrase with the correct meaning.
1 meteorology Causing a feeling of being embarrassed or
(n) uneasy.
2 consecutive A very large and thick area of ice that covers
(adj) a region.
3 emission (n) A feeling of being uncertain or unsure about
something.
4 uncomfortabl A science that deals with the atmosphere and
e(adj) with weather.
5 cautious (adj) The act of producing or sending out something
(such as energy or gas) from a source.
6 doubt (n) Careful about avoiding danger or risk.
7 ice sheet (n) Following one after the other in a series :
following each other without interruption.

3 Listen and read the text

The United Nations World Meteorological Organization says the first half of this year
has been the hottest in recorded history. Scientists say that temperatures are rising faster
than they expected.
The UN agency warned last week that if temperatures continue rising, 2016 will be the
hottest year ever recorded.
The agency reported that June was the 14th consecutive month of record high heat for
land and oceans. It was also the 378th consecutive month with temperatures above the
20th century average.
David Carlson is with the World Meteorological Organizations climate research
program.
What weve seen so far for the first six months of 2016 is really quite alarming.
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UN climate experts say the record heat this year suggests that the Earth can warm up
faster than expected in a much shorter time.
Carlson notes that the Earths Northern Hemisphere -- which includes Alaska, Canada
and Russia - has had unusually warm temperatures.
I think we're very uncomfortable at how much this surprised us, which might be just a
little more cautious way of saying fearful about what happens next. If we got this
much surprise this year, how many more surprises are ahead of us?
Scientists say carbon dioxide emissions -- which they believe are responsible for rising
temperatures -- have also reached new highs.
Doug Parr is the chief scientist at the environmental group Greenpeace.
What the WMO (scientists) are showing is that temperature is going up along with the
increases in carbon dioxide. Theres really no doubt that these global warming gases are
causing the kind of changes that we're seeing in increased temperatures, threats to the
Arctic and threats to the Greenland ice sheet and so on. So, there's really no time to
waste in getting on and doing something about it.
Representatives of 200 governments will meet in November in Morocco to start
enforcing the Paris Agreement. The agreement limits climate change to below 2 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The goal will not be easy to reach.
Segolene Royal is the French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and
Energy.
We have this moral obligation between the Paris Agreement (reached in December),
the 22nd of April signing, and now the November meeting to ensure that at least 55
countries, representing 55 percent of world emissions of greenhouse gases, ratify the
Paris agreement.
Some scientists warn that even if that goal is reached in November, it may be too little
too late.
Im Christopher Jones-Cruise.

VOAs Zlatica Hoke reported this story from Washington. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted the report for Learning
English. George Grow was the editor.
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/un-agency-says-world-temperatures-are-rising-faster-than-
predicted/3433858.html
4 Choose the best answer:
a What happens when the temperature rises?
It causes sea levels to rise.

It causes sea levels to remain constant.

It causes sea levels to decrease.

b According to scientists the rise in temperature is caused by

sea rising.

carbon dioxide emissions.

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bad air-conditioning.

c WMO Scientists believe

that a rise in temperature only threatens Ice caps in Greenland.

that a rise in temperature only threatens the Artic.

that a rise in temperature threatens both the Artic and Greenlands Ice caps.

d The Paris Agreement

wants to lower 2 degrees Celsius in global temperature until 2020.

wants to lower temperatures to what they were in a pre-industrial

world.
wants to lower temperatures above what they were in a pre-industrial

world.

4 Comprehension Questions.
a What organizations does the text talk about?
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b June 2016 was a record month. Why?
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c Do you think this text has a positive or negative opinion about the rising of the
world temperature? Justify your answer.
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d Who adopted this text to Learning English?
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Part 2
Make the past simple, positive, negative or question
1) I ________(not/drink) any beer last night.
2) She __________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
3) What time __________ (he/leave) school yesterday?
4) Maria and Cludia ___________(not/be) at the bus station.
5) I ________ (not/change) trains at the station.
6) We ____________(arrive) very late.
7) What _____________(he/give) his mother for Christmas?
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8) I _________(receive) 300 when my uncle died.
9) We __________ (not/use) the computer last night.
10) She _________ (make) a good speech, last weekend.
11) They ____________(live) in Paris.
12) She ________(read) the newspaper yesterday.
13) I _________(not/watch) TV.
14) He _________ (not/study) for the exam.
15) ____________ (he/call) you?
16) ___________ (you/be) at home yesterday?
17) What time __________ (the film/start)?
18) He _______(have) a shower.
19) Why __________(you/come)?
20) ___________ (he/go) to the party?