第5单元全球警报.pptVIP

Audio-Visual Classes;Background Notes;3- Greenland An island of Denmark located in the north of the Atlantic ocean and northwest of Canada. It is the largest island in the world, the total area of Greenland is about 2.17 million square kilometers and 1.8 of it is ice cap. 4- Canary in the Mine Coal miners used to take canary birds into the mines as a decoy ( a sign for coming dangers). If the canary died, then the miners realized that they were in a region of danger and they might also die of the poisonous gases under the ground. ;5- North pole The North Pole is about (725 km) north of Greenland in the middle of the Arctic Ocean - the sea there has a depth of (4087 meters). Most of the time, the sea ice covers the North Pole but recently, water has been sighted at the exact location of the pole. If youre standing at the North Pole, all points are south of you (east and west have no bearing). The North Pole experiences six months of daylight and six months of darkness.;North Pole;;;;Penguins ;Polar Bears ;Pre-listening Questions;While Listening; TASK 2 Episode 1 1- [ F ] 2- [ T ] 3- [ T ] 4- [ T ] 5- [ T ] 6- [ F ] ;Episode 2 1- naturally changing climate 2- man’s doing 3- expeditions 4- ice cores 5- fingerprints 6- burning fossil fuels 7- carbon dioxide 8- thousands 9- warm ; Episode 3 1- worse hurricanes in the pacific 2- more cyclones in the pacific 3- heat waves in Europe 4- worse hurricanes in the US. 5- more thunder storms in summer 6- less rainfall in winter 7- high rainfall in coastal regions;Episode 4 1- land of the great bear 2- polar bears’ health 3- a tranquillizer dart 4- Bear population there is the healthiest 5- changes is the bears’ fat, dimensions and teeth 6- they can only hunt on the ice ;Episode 5 1- they say they’re no more reliable climate change projections 2- they made science as precise as it is today 3- the US cant flip its energy use overnight an