Environmental problems: Lesson 1 (flipped classroom)

Завдання для студентів 2 курсу

В цьому семестрі ми починаємо вчити тему Environmental problems  (Проблеми навколишнього середовища). Вдома працюємо за наступним алгоритмом:

1. Warming up. Sing a song about the Earth.

Прослухати, записати та перекласти текст пісні. Вивчити пісню напам'ять.

2. Прочитайте та перекладіть наступний список. Запишіть ці словосполучення у словник з транскрипцією та перекладом!  Транскрипцію та вимову дивись тут. 

Дайте відповіді на питання. 

Look at the list of the environmental problems.
Pollution.
Acid rains.
Climate change.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect.
Ozone holes.
Disappearing rainforests.
Animals in danger.
What is the connection between them? What are the reasons?

3. Перегляньте відео про глобальне потепління та виконайте наступні завдання.

а) складіть асоціативний кущ "Global Warming" (на окремому аркуші паперу, проявіть творчій підхід)

б) дайте відповіді на наступні запитання (письмово):

Answer the questions in a written form

1) What greenhouse gases are responsible for the greenhouse effect?
2)  What increases the level of CO2?
3) Why are the trees important?
4) What is the main reason for deforestation?
5) What causes the increase in the average temperature of the Earth?
6) Why is it important to reduce global warming?
7) What are the steps to reduce global warming?

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It's Christmas Eve. Let's do some fortunetelling!

Since ancient times people have been trying to learn about their future. In Russia and Ukraine people do it during Christmastide (in Russian it is called “Svyatki”). The best day for fortune-telling, when the influence of dark forces is the strongest and the chances to get the trustworthy predictions are the highest, is the Christmas evening on 6 January. That means tonight!

I don't suggest your messing around with mirrors or cards. There are safer ways to tell your fortune this evening. You may do a bit of coffee reading if you can read the signs. Or  try this wordseach to learn what the coming year has in stock for you.

 Write in the comments which first three words you have just found. Looking forward to your replies!

Today is Meatless Monday

Meatless Monday is an international campaign that encourages people not to eat meat on Mondays to improve their health and the health of the planet. It was started in 2003 as a public health awareness program. Meatless Monday is based in the United States, but meatless days (Monday in particular) are gaining popularity worldwide. Meat-free Mondays exist in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, Izrael, Croatia etc. On April 6, 2010, San Francisco became the first US city to officially declare Mondays to be "meat free", calling it their Vegetarian Day.

Why is eating less meat an important issue nowadays? There are several reasons:

1. Meat production pollutes the environment producing loads of carbone dioxide and contributing to the global warming process.

2.  Animals on factory farms live in atrocious conditions and their treatment is unbelievably cruel.

3. There are many observational studies showing that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of cancer, heart disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes so eating less meat is good for health.

Watch the video to learn more about Meatless Mondays.

For better understanding of the video see this article.

Christmas associations: Films and Music

Happy New Year!

As we can still feel the Christmas spirit (and we will be able to do it till 7 January in Ukraine) I'd like to tell you about my favourite Christmas movie Love actually.

This British-American comedy (with a perfect cast consisting of Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman and Keira Knightley, among many others) tells the stories of a handful of people that are all somehow connected to each other, and sums these small bits up to a beautiful tale of love and Christmas.

Although Love Actually is set in the Christmas time and is considered a “Christmas movie” the main theme of the film is love. It is based on the idea that love is all around us - there are different kinds of love, different views on and attitudes towards love

What is worth mentioning is definitely the music. The two large hits (I mean their covers) are closely connected with the plot.

Christmas Is All Around

With the help of his longtime manager Joe, rock and roll legend Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) records a Christmas variation of The Troggs' classic hit "Love Is All Around". Although he thinks the record is terrible, Mack promotes the release in the hope it will become the Christmas number one single. 

Enjoy the video with lyrics. 

All I Want for Christmas

Mariah's Carey's cover is performed in the culmination of the story as you can see it in the video.

 

Here are the lyrics of the song

So these are my Christmas associations. And what are yours?