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1 I Greenhouse Effect Earth is surrounded by the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are in our atmosphere. When rays from the sun hit the earth, they reflect back into space. Greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) capture some of the heat from the sunrays. Now, we humans build factories and cars which produce more and more greenhouse gases. So more and more heat from the sunrays is captured and our climate on earth is changing. So the greenhouse effect causes global warming. surrounded greenhouse gases rays / sunrays space to capture climate to cause 2) The Greenhouse effect. Put the sentences into the right order. Read the new text. These sunrays reflect back into space. Some of the heat is captured by the greenhouse gases Factories and cars produce more greenhouse gases. Sunrays hit the earth. The climate is changing. This is called global warming. More greenhouse gases capture more heat in our atmosphere. Earth is surrounded by the atmosphere.

2 II Europe Europe will be a warmer place in future with drier summers and longer periods without rain. ''What's wrong with that?, you can ask. Well, there will be much wetter autumns and winters. In other words there will be more flooding. dry / drier wet / wetter without autumn flooding 2) Right or Wrong? European summers will be drier. In autumn there will be longer periods without rain. Wetter autumns and winters will cause more flooding. Wetter autumns and winters will cause less flooding. right wrong 3) Will future cause - rain be become change The climate in Europe. It a warmer place. Summers a lot drier. In autumn and winter it a lot more, that a lot of flooding in the future.

3 III Russia In Russia there is the problem of the melting ''permafrost. ''Permafrost is ground which is frozen all the year round and covers 65% of the country. People build houses on it and keep food frozen in holes in the ground. But global warming means that the permafrost is melting. Experts say that in 25 years it will move back 250 kilometres. Houses will fall down, railway lines will sink and roads will disappear. This has already started and will get much worse. to melt permafrost to keep to move back railway lines to disappear bad / worse 2) Answer the following questions: What is permafrost? What does global warming to the Russian permafrost? What can happen to the Russian people when the permafrost is melting?

4 IV USA In the USA the horror movie fantasy of the sea covering the cities on the east coast is much closer to happening. With global warming temperatures will rise by as much as 6 C. This will make the sea expand and rise by up to 60cm. Now add storms and bad weather and cities like New York and Boston will be in trouble from floods. The other effect of global warming will be the spread of dangerous diseases. Doctors have found malaria for the first time ever in New York and higher temperatures will allow insects like mosquitoes to spread disease easily. much closer to happening to rise to expand to add to spread disease 2) Will future translate the following sentences: With global warming temperatures will rise by as much as 6 C. This will make the sea expand and rise. New York and Boston will be in trouble from floods. Dangerous diseases will spread.

5 V Africa Britain produces as much carbon dioxide as he whole of Africa. But Africa will also pay the price for global warming. The future for Africa is bad because there will be more floods and more food shortages. Diseases like malaria will also spread to new areas. to produce carbon dioxide whole to pay food shortage area 2) Translate the text

6 VI Japan The people of Japan live with volcanoes, earthquakes, typhoons and tidal waves. But global warming will be much worse. It will make people leave their homes! Most of the Japanese population live on the coast between Tokyo and Osaka, and in Tokyo itself millions live below sea level. Health problems will also increase along with the rising temperatures. population coast below sea level health to increase 2) Answer the questions Where do most people of the Japanese population live? What does it mean to live ''below sea level? Name some catastrophes the people of Japan live with: