A List of Suggested Vocabulary
- to dump waste into the atmosphere - скидати відходи в атмосферу
- heat-trapping gases - гази, що утримують тепло
- weather patterns - погодні умови
- at the scale of - на рівні ...
- at a global level - на світовому рівні
- cutting down trees - зрубування дерев
Focus on the Suggested Topic:
Heat-trapping gases are building up in the atmosphere. Nature is already responding to global warming. There have been changes in global weather patterns: trees are flowering earlier, birds are laying eggs earlier, butterflies are moving up hills.
So, what is global warming? It's the result of billions of decisions. You can't manage that at the scale of individual. It's caused by the decisions made by individuals, like driving big cars rather than small cars, and it is caused by the decisions of corporations and nations like dumping waste into the atmosphere. Managing the atmosphere has to take place at a global level, that's why it needs international egreements.
Lanuage of cause and effect
What causes global warming?
- gases in the air
- cars
- factory waste
- cutting down trees
What are the effects of these causes?
There have been changes in global weather patterns:
- trees are flowering earlier
- birds are laying eggs earlier
- butterflies are moving up hills
Cause and Effect relationship
x causes y
x leads to y
x results in y
e.g.: driving cars causes/leads to/results in air pollution
You can turn the sentence around:
y is caused by x
y is the result of x
y is due to x
e.g.: Global warming is the result of billions of decisions.
Global warming is due to billions of decisions.
NB:
1. Follow the subject of the text
2. Use referents to avoid repetition of the subject (personal and demonstrative pronouns)
e.g. Managing the atmosphere has to take place at a global level, that's why it needs international egreements.
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