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. THE WORLD IN ACRYSTAL BALL
LESSON 3 The World Today and the
od the World Tomorrow
VOCABULARY
Complete the words with the missing letters.
N has reached 7 billion
1 Today the world
P
quickly
quickly
R
G
world is
2 The number of the people in the world is
ople in the world is G
3 In the future people will need more
people will need more food, water, houses and E
R I countries
4 Most children are born in
P
R
5 Many children don't have enough food. Some of them
enough food. Some of them die of HIU
E is changing
6 It is getting warmer. The
T
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for this chan
7 This is called global WA G
most scientists believe people are RA
9 In the Arctic the ice is
M
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fast
10 We buy new things and throw the old away We produce a lot of
11 Cars and factories PILLU
t
he air
12 Many rivers and lakes arep
13 We must save water today because in the future we may be
14 There are fewer fish in the seas and oceans because there's too much
F
G
15 Many animal SPL
| Sare in danger.
Match the verbs to the nouns.
"yes"
energy
1 turn off
2 throw away
3 say
4 cut down
nature
5
6
protect
save
water
rubbish
trees
2 He did some experiments and came to the conclusion that smoke had the power to lift things up and carry them through the air.
3 The Montgolfier brothers quickly realised that it was heat and not smoke that had the power to lift things.
4 On 19th September 1783, they presented their first hot-air balloon, which was made from paper and cloth.
5 They burned some straw underneath it and the heat helped the balloon to float.
6 A sheep, a duck and a chicken were in the basket that hung below the balloon for the two-mile journey and they landed safe and sound.
7 Shortly afterwards, the brothers asked the king for permission to send men up in the balloon.
8 The king agreed, and the first flight consisting of human passengers took place in Paris on 21st November 1783, with great success.
2 He did some experiments and came to the conclusion that smoke had the power to lift things up and carry them through the air.
3 The Montgolfier brothers quickly realised that it was heat and not smoke that had the power to lift things.
4 On 19th September 1783, they presented their first hot-air balloon, which was made from paper and cloth.
5 They burned some straw underneath it and the heat helped the balloon to float.
6 A sheep, a duck and a chicken were in the basket that hung below the balloon for the two-mile journey and they landed safe and sound.
7 Shortly afterwards, the brothers asked the king for permission to send men up in the balloon.
8 The king agreed, and the first flight consisting of human passengers took place in Paris on 21st November 1783, with great success