II Year Lettorato Inglese -- Group 2E (Peterson-More)

Dear students,

Below is homework to do before our next lesson, on Monday, November 26.

- pp. 192-194, complete ALL
- p. 139, study the grammar & do exercise “a”
- p. 156 ALL
- Watch these two video clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GEX05Klo5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUeOApeSuHU

- Answer the following questions: 

What do you understand from these videos? What is the main idea or what are the main ideas?

What similarities and differences do you notice between the two videos?

The first video clip mentions the “extreme consequences of a warming world” and specifically names four of them. What are they?

What do you think the 2.7 degree threshold is?

What would be cheaper than dealing with the worst effects of climate change?

Both videos talk about “political will.” What does that expression mean or refer to?

What is the “near revolutionary change” mentioned in the second video?

According to Gavin Schmidt what is “running out”?

According to Rafe Pomerance, what are some of the areas that world leaders need to “step up in”?

Why does Rafe Pomerance mention tax? What do you think he is referring to?

What does Gavin Schmidt say about the best time or times to reduce emissions?

What reasons, if any, do Schmidt and Pomerance offer against despair? In other words do they give any reasons to be optimistic?

What did you learn from the two videos and/or by doing this activity that you didn't know before?

On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 as the minimum and 10 as the maximum), how interested are you in environmental issues? And how concerned are you about the future of life on our planet?