Matching Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 8 WE ARE IN DANGER Lesson 1Online version Listening comprehension by Martha Uribe 1 What’s the town like? 2 Why has Bonnie started worrying about climate change recently? 3 What does everyone believe to be the cause? 4 What do many of her neighbors claim? 5 What happens sometimes when the flowers should be blooming? 6 How seriously do environmental issues affect Bonnie’s daily life? 7 Where has Bonnie lived all her life? because she hears a lot of news about it these days that their crops have been damaged by severe storms and droughts not very seriously in a small town The streets are clean and quiet. Her town experiences heavy snow. climate change 1 When did August become concerned about the environment? 2 Why is he worried about his daughter’s health? 3 What does August think should be done about this issue? 4 Why does August feel bad for his daughter? 5 What is August planning to do? and why ? because she is trapped indoors most of the time He thinks campaigns should be started to inform people. because he recently found out how severe the smog in his city is start a campaign himself, because he wants his daughter to live in a cleaner and safer environment when his daughter Tara was born 1 How does Carol care for the environment? 2 What shocking picture did she see in the article? 3 Why does Carol choose to live a green life nonetheless? 4 What have people said about Carol’s way of living? 5 When did she begin this lifestyle? 6 What did the article say? She only buys eco-friendly products and sometimes even makes her own. because it is more meaningful and responsible than doing what’s easy and harming the planet after reading an article about the seriousness of littering that many ocean animals are being killed every day because of thoughtless garbage dumping that she’s chosen a more inconvenient way of living and that her efforts can’t change the world all at once one of a dead bird filled with plastic debris