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