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The Disaster that Wiped Out Dinosaurs

I. What do you know about how dinosaurs became extinct?

II. Check the meaning of these words with your partner. Then match the words to the definitions:

 seismic waves   /   ejector cloud.   /    volts of static electricity     /     electrical storm

  1. to strike
  2. to deflect
  3. to shake
  4. to ripple
  5. ground
  6. to attempt
  7. neighbouring
  8. to take shelter
  9. unrelenting
  10. hail
  11. mist
 a. to move in small waves

b. to protect themselves

c. to hit someone or something

d. thin fog

e. the surface of the earth

f. to change direction

g. small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain

h. to try to do something

i. near or next to somewhere

j. to make quick, short movements from side to side or up and down

k. extremely determined; never becoming weaker

III. Watch this video from the Science Channel that brings to life the asteroid striking earth and the aftermath. Answer the following questions:

  1. To what magnitude does the earth shake when the asteroid strikes?

2. What do animals do when the earth starts shaking?

3. At what speed does the ejector cloud approach?

4. What temperature does the air reach in Mongolia?

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School Strike for Climate

I. School children around the world have been going on strike.  Would you protest against these things? What would you do? How effective would your protest be? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Would you? How?  Effectiveness
Climate change
War
Food prices
High taxes
Government corruption
Inequality

II. Read the text and answer the following questions:

  1. Who did the article say students are unhappy with?
  2. What is the name of the international movement?
  3. What are students skipping?
  4. When did the movement begin?
  5. What is the nationality of the student who started the protests?
  6. Where did 45,000 students protest?
  7. What did a student banner say students did, like the sea level?
  8. When is the first worldwide strike?
  9. Which country’s leader asked students for less activism?
  10. When did a journalist want students to strike?

Source: BreakingNewsEnglish

III. Who is Greta Thunberg? What was her speech at the United Nations last year about? Listen to her and then you will comment on some of her statements.

a. “I’ve learnt that you are never too small to make a difference”.

b. “You only talk about moving forward with the same bad ideas that got us into this mess even when the only sensible thing to do is pull the emergency break”.

c. “It is the sufferings of the many which pay for the luxuries of the few”.

d. “Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible there is no hope”.

e. “We need to focus on equity and the solutions within this system are so impossible to find that maybe we should change the system itself”.

f. “We have come here to let you know that the change is coming whether you like it or not. The real power belongs to the people”.

III. Listen to what the Australia’s Prime Minister said about the school strike. What do you think about it?

 

IV. Check the Global Climate Strike website to know about all the demonstrations around the world.

 

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