Environment

GLOBAL WARMING

Discuss these questions:
What is Global Warming?
What are the causes of global warming? Be specific, make a list of damaging products & actions
What are the consequences of global warming?

Speaking about the Environment

HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

1. What do you do with the rubbish in your household?
2. Are you economical about using water and electricity? Why/Why not?
3. How would you feel if you had to walk or cycle everywhere?
4. What do you think about being a vegetarian?
5. What's your opinion of people who wear real fur coats?

Cambridge Objective First Certificate, p. 97.

Conversation Questions : Environment & Pollution

What are some things that can be recycled?
What are some things which you recycle?

Does your local government make it easy or hard for citizens to recycle?
What are some types of pollution?
What are some ways that you can reduce pollution in this country?

Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?

How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?
Do you think people should recycle newspapers? Why or why not?
Do you think there are lessons to learn from nature?
How has the world changed since you were a child? (technology, values, environment, health)
What do you think of people who smoke cigarettes indoors?
Who do you think is more responsible for pollution, individual people or the government?
What is the most important issue facing the environment today?
If you could choose one alternative energy source to develop which one would you choose?Why?
Who should pay for the costs associated with renewable energy?
Should we make the development of renewable energy sources an economic priority?
What are some ways energy is wasted?
What types of energy are popular in your country?
What is the main problem with renewable energy sources?
What can large cities do to improve their air quality?
How can we protect the environment and at the same time improve people's standard of living?
Do think global warming is real?
Do you think this is an effect of pollution?
Are you worried about global warming?
What's happening to forests in the world? What happens when we remove forests?

http://iteslj.org/questions/environment.html

Madonna interview

Watch and listen to this interview to Madonna and complete the listening exercise below. You also have some discussions questions in the presentation at the end of this post.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Watch this video and complete the following exercise:
1. Madonna is launching her new ________________ and ___________________
2. What 3 things are described as glamorous?
______________________; ________________________; ____________________
3. In how many countries is her new hit number one?
4. About her song with Timberlake…She was trying to write a song that had ______________ ___________ and _______________
5. How did the song come about?
6. How does she describe Timberlake?
7. About her work with Pharrell Williams … How did he make her cry?
8. She’s insecure about her ___________, ___________ _____________.
9. How old will she be in a week?
10. She affirms we live in a sexist and ¬¬¬________ society when connected to women
11. What’s the best time during a tour?
12. What does she compare a relationship to?

Speaking activities related to this video and to music in general:

Music Esl Activities

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