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In this intermediate-level ESL lesson, you will learn grammar, vocabulary, and phrases to talk about everyday English topics: an English conversation lesson to talk about the environment; fossil fuels, climate, renewable energy.
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This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.
Practical English for everyday situations.
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Are you environmentally conscious?
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Who is most responsible for the damage done to the environment (government, people, etc.)?
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What little things could you do every day to help the environment?
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What are five things that governments can do to help the environment?
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How will future generations be affected by climate change?
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What kind of technologies could help the environment?
Watch the following ESL YouTube video lesson to talk about the environment.
Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions on the environment.
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Why are changes to the world happening faster than before?
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What has helped cause temperature increases?
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What have scientists been working hard to do?
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What is sustainable energy?
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What are scientists considering making roads out of in the future?
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What is a complaint about wind farms?
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What do solar panels absorb energy from?
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What depends on us developing new energy sources?
Use the illustrations to talk about the environment.
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
1. absorb (v) | A. dependence on or trust in someone or something |
2. convert (v) | B. to say that something is wrong or not satisfactory |
3. spoil (v) | C. the effect or influence that an event or situation has on someone or something |
4. reliance (n) | D. to take something in; to suck up |
5. ancient (adj) | E. to harm or damage severely |
6. consider (v) | F. a change that results when something is done or happens |
7. impact (n) | G. of or from a very long time ago |
8. renewable (adj) | H. to think carefully about something |
9. effect (n) | I. can be produced as quickly as they are used |
10. complain (v) | J. to change from one form or function to another |
Discuss the following quotes about the environment.
“We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.”
“The environment is no one’s property to destroy; it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect.”
“We don’t have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.”
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
“Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!”
“Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.”
Explain what the word or phrase in bold means and give an example. Example: She was exhausted because she worked until midnight. Meaning: very tired - I’m exhausted because I stayed up and studied all night.
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The impact of how much we rely on fossil fuels is huge.
Meaning /
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There has been a huge increase in the number of extreme weather events.
Meaning /
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Solar panels convert energy from the sun into electricity.
Meaning /
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Another potential source of renewable energy would come from wind farms.
Meaning /
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What new kinds of energy will be developed over the next one hundred years?
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Watch the video or listen to the audio again and complete the sentences.
Our world has always been ________________ 1. From the ancient past to the present day, many things have changed our ___________________ 2. Today, because of some of the things that we do every day, these changes are occurring at a quicker rate than ever before. The _________________ 3
of how much we rely on fossil fuels is huge. The build-up of gases in the atmosphere has led to temperature increases, sea-level rises, and an increase in __________________ 4 weather events. Scientists have been working hard to reduce our __________________ 5 on fossil fuels and in turn, to reduce the negative effects that we have on the environment. One of the main areas of effort is “_____________________ 6 energy.” This is energy obtained from clean, “green” sources, such as solar panels, which _________________ 7 energy from the sun, which is then converted into electricity. Scientists are even ______________________ 8 making roads out of solar panels in the future! Another potential source of renewable energy would come from wind farms. These are great for the environment, but lots of people complain that they are ______________ 9 and spoil the way the countryside looks. What other new kinds of energy production will be developed over the next 100 years? We are not sure, but our planet __________________ 10 us finding the answer!
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