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90 Your environment 07 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Listen again. Answer the questions using a maximum of four words. 1 Which extreme weather conditions are mentioned? 2 What might be the reason for global warming? 3 What consequences did the severe storms have? 4 According to NASA, which were the two hottest years since human records began? 5 How does Terry feel about climate change? 6 What does Terry suggest people should use less? 7 What does Pete think is the aim of environmentalists who warn of climate change? 8 How does the interviewer feel about Pete’s opinion? Read the comments of some more callers to Hot Debate . Complete the sentences with expressions from the box in the correct form. There are two extra expressions you should not use. carbon dioxide climate change cyclical drought environmentalist flooding global warming greenhouse gas ice age reality waste wildfire 15 floods, droughts, landslides, hurricanes VOCABULARY 16 The environment Linda: I totally agree with Terry and other (1) . People like Pete are a danger to society. He’s just closing his eyes to (2) because he doesn’t want to change his comfortable way of life. We all have to stop this (3) of natural resources and cut back on (4) emissions. Mildred: All my †owers died during the long (8) last summer, and friends of mine actually had to leave their home because of (9) that got very close to their village. When I was young, summers never used to be like this. It really looks as if (10) is happening right here. Dave: Of course Pete has a point in that weather events oen follow a (5) pattern, but nevertheless the greenhouse e ect is a scientiˆc fact. (6) like carbon dioxide are reaching ever higher concentrations in the atmosphere.is stops heat escaping into space, and so we get (7) . Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv