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Unit 1
Unit 1
Into the future

4 LISTEN 1

Shortage of clean
water in Africa
Polar icecap melting in
the Antarctic Peninsula
Photo Pedro Skvarca

5 TEAMWORK

Work in groups of three. Read
the Scenario (page 9) and
make a five-point action
plan to deal with the situation.
The class decides on the two
best plans.

6 CONTROVERSY

Work in groups of four. Prepare a debate with another
A Look at the photos and answer the questions. group. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
1 Do you believe Earth has a problem with global estimates that over 70 per cent of the world’s fish species are
warming? Why/Why not? fished close to sustainable limits or overexploited. Fish
2 Should developed countries help developing represents about 15 to 20 per cent of all animal protein eaten
countries to deal with environmental problems? by humans. One per cent of the international fishing fleet,
3 Which is the more important world issue: factory trawlers, catches about 50 to 60 per cent of the global
global warming or clean drinking water? catch.
Group A: You are international fishermen who want to keep
B Listen to the audio clip about a sceptical
fishing at the same levels as now. Some points you could
environmentalist and complete the sentences.
mention:
Bjorn Lomborg is a Danish professor and former
● For many people, fish is the main source of protein.
(1) ...... activist. After reading about Julian Simon,
● Thirty million people work in fishing-industry jobs
an (2) ...... , he asked his students to help him
worldwide; 95 per cent live in developing countries.
check Simon’s statistics. To his surprise, Lomborg
● Efficient factory trawlers are just applying modern
found his own ideas were (3) ...... . Today, his
industrial methods to ocean food production.
favourite target is the (4) ...... on global warming.
Group B: You are a group of ocean conservationists who
Lomborg claims that it would cost up to (5) ......
want worldwide fishing quotas to be lowered. Some points
million per year compared to the $50 million spent
you could mention:
on aid. He suggests that this money could be better
● Some reasons for fish stock decline: pollution
spent giving everyone on Earth clean water and
and overfishing
(6) ...... . Professor Klaus Heinberg suggests Lomborg
● From 1950 to 1954, the annual ocean fish catch has
manipulates statistics to make weird (7) ...... .
increased by over 400 per cent.
Heinberg compares Lomborg’s idea to European
● Coral reef diversity represents 25 per cent of ocean
children giving up (8) ...... to pay for the cost of
species. Overfishing may kill them off.
fighting disease in Africa.
C At the end of the audio clip, think of what arguments 7 PORTFOLIO WRITING
Bjorn Lomborg might use to answer
Klaus Heinberg. A Write a letter (180-210 words) to the European Union
D You decide: Do you agree things are getting better demanding an end to government subsidies that promote
with the environment? Should the world spend more overfishing.
on providing drinking water than on the Kyoto B Choose a potential natural disaster or an environmental
Protocol? If Lomborg says that all sides in the debate catastrophe and write a report (220-250 words) on how
have ulterior motives, do you believe his own motives? people can prepare for this.
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