1. Read the article about the solutions to global warming. Then tick (✔) the specific ideas mentioned in the article.

(Đọc bài viết về các giải pháp cho sự nóng lên toàn cầu. Sau đó đánh dấu (✔) vào các ý cụ thể được đề cập trong bài viết.)

Here are some ways to help reduce global warming. Which of these do you regularly do?

Don't use private cars. Your willingness to walk or cycle to nearby places can help reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and also reduce your own carbon footprint.

Use public transport. If travelling long distances, then use public transport rather than your car. However, if you carpool (travel together with a group of people in one car), then you are choosing to help the environment. If we travel with others, we will use less petrol.

Make a decision to reduce, recycle, and reuse. Reduce waste by buying reusable products. Don't forget to recycle plastics, glass, and paper products. You may wish to reuse some of your old items to help out, too. Take unneeded items to a recycling centre.

Plant trees. Plants and trees are nature's lungs. They produce the oxygen we breathe. They also can shade your home, thus making it cooler so you don't need to run your air conditioners as much.

Change air conditioner filters regularly. This simple step will save about 160 kilos of carbon dioxide and may save you up to $150 a year. Making a choice to go green will save you money and help the environment.

Buy local goods. When you buy goods imported from far-away places, it takes a lot of energy to transport them to your area. This means that if you don't buy local food and products, then more emissions of carbon dioxide will happen during the transportation process.

1. Buy a bicycle

2. Buy things made in your area

3. Carpool with your friends

4. Change your air conditioner filter

5. Use hot water

6. Help the environment by riding a bike or using public transport

7. Recycle and reuse your old items

8. Shade your home with plants

2. Read the article again and mark the sentences ✓ (true), x (false), or ? (not given).

(Đọc bài viết một lần nữa và đánh dấu các câu (đúng), x (sai), hoặc? (không có thông tin).)

1. There are many ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

2. Buying electric cars and carpooling will help prevent global warming.

3. Plants use their lungs to make oxygen.

4. Changing your air conditioner filters helps reduce emission of carbon dioxide.

5. Reducing bicycles will help us stop climate change.

6. The transport process emits the largest amount of carbon dioxide.

3. Choose the correct words in the brackets to complete the sentences.

(Chọn từ đúng trong ngoặc để hoàn thành câu.)

1. The amount of carbon dioxide we produce by our actions is our emissions / carbon footprint.

2. I would like to recycle / carpool to work with my neighbours every morning.

3. Make a decision to buy imported goods/ go green to help save our planet.

4. Carbon dioxide/Oxygen is being released into our atmosphere by our cars.

5. Air conditioner filters / Reusable products are now becoming more popular among people wanting to go green.

4. In groups, study the list of activities below. Rank them from the most important to the least important activities that you and your friends can do to reduce global warming. Report your answers to the class.

(Theo nhóm, nghiên cứu danh sách các hoạt động dưới đây. Xếp chúng theo thứ tự từ những hoạt động quan trọng nhất đến ít quan trọng nhất mà bạn và bạn bè của bạn có thể làm để giảm sự nóng lên toàn cầu. Báo cáo câu trả lời của bạn cho cả lớp.)

- Use fluorescent light bulbs (Sử dụng bóng đèn huỳnh quang)

- Drive less (Lái ô tô ít hơn)

- Recycle more (Tái chế nhiều hơn)

- Check your tyres (Kiểm tra lốp xe của bạn)

- Use less hot water (Sử dụng ít nước nóng hơn)

- Avoid products with a lot of packaging (Tránh các sản phẩm có nhiều bao bì)

- Reduce usage of air conditioning (Giảm sử dụng điều hòa)

- Plant trees (Trồng cây)

I think using fluorescent light bulbs is the most important. Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 68 kgs of carbon dioxide a year.

(Tôi nghĩ dùng bóng đèn huỳnh quang là quan trọng nhất. Thay thế một bóng đèn thông thường bằng bóng đèn huỳnh quang compact sẽ tiết kiệm được 68 kg carbon dioxide mỗi năm.)