1. In pairs, look at some words made from the letters of the word «ENVIRONMENT».

teen, rove, more, vein, tonne, tree, vent

a) Can you make more words?

b) How can you use these words to actually talk about the environment?

Share your ideas in class and compare them with those of other students.

2. Match the words and phrases below that can be used when talking about environmental problems with their meanings. Compare your results with those of other students.

3. Sort the words above into the following categories.

4. You are going to hear a part of a lecture by a Professor of Ecology of Colorado University. In what context do you think, the professor could use the vocabulary above? Discuss it in small groups, then come out with your ideas to discuss in class.

5. Listen to the lecture and arrange the problems in the order they are discussed. There is one extra problem.

- deforestation;

- air, soil and water pollution;

- ozone layer;

- damage to eco-systems;

- overpopulation;

- dumping waste;

- intensive agriculture and genetic engineering;

- global warming and climate change.

Find out how the vocabulary was used. Were your ideas close to what was actually said?

6. In pairs, discuss the general message of the lecture and formulate it in one sentence. Compare your idea with those of other pairs.

Do you agree with the message?

7. Find one example to support each of the issues covered in the lecture to share and discuss in class.