NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.
THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.
2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT
1.1 TRUE FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or False (F):
a. Many buildings will be in darkness for an hour on March 28.
b. Earth Hour is organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
c. People can vote for who they want to save the Earth.
d. Maybe one billion people will hear about Earth Hour.
e. There are quite a few people who think Earth Hour will change little.
f. A climate campaigner said the Titanic sank because of climate change.
g. Earth Hour means the Earth will make a recovery by the next morning.
h. An environmentalist said sitting in the dark is the best thing we can do.
1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. globe ........................ a. focusing on
2. takes place ................. b. instead of
3. drawing attention to ...... c. just
4. opportunity ................. d. turned
5. reach ......................... e. results in
6. switched ..................... f. happens
7. raising ........................ g. get to
8. leads to ...................... h. world
9. rather than .................. i. increasing
10. simply ....................... j. chance
1.3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
1. buildings around the globe will be ............... a. too late
2. a way of drawing attention to the dangers...... b. has recovered a little
3. people of all ages, nationalities, ................ c. about climate change
4. Organizers hope their message will reach ..... d. good exercises
5. the largest demonstration of public concern.....e. dark for an hour
6. Many see it as a being too little, ................ f. in the dark
7. We are well past the time for feel- ............. g. a billion people
8. people will think the climate ..................... h. of climate change
9. the need to reduce our daily ..................... i. race and background
10. sitting around .................................... j. energy consumption
1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:
VOTE - DANGERS - EVER - GLOBE - PROMISES - RACE - TAKES - HOPE
Millions of buildings around the __________ will be dark for an hour on Saturday, March 28 as the third Earth Hour __________ place. The event is organized by the World Wildlife Fund. It started in 2007 as a way of drawing attention to the __________ of climate change. The Earth Hour website says: "For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, __________ and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their __________- Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming." Organizers __________ their message will reach a billion people. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Earth Hour __________ to be "the largest demonstration of public concern about climate change __________ attempted".
LEADS - SINKS - LATE - SIMPLY - AGREES - FEEL - STRESSES - RISKY
Not everyone __________ that Earth Hour will help. Many see it as being too little, too __________ and that not much will change when the lights are switched back on. Climate campaigner Clive Hamilton says: "We are well past the time for __________ -good exercises aimed at raising awareness... It´s like the band playing on as the Titanic __________." He says the event is __________ because the next morning people will think the climate has recovered a little. "Symbolism is powerful if it __________ to action, but dangerous if it substitutes for it," he says. Environmentalist Mark Alexander-Warne agrees. He __________ the need to reduce our daily energy consumption, rather than __________ "sitting around in the dark" for an hour.
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