1. Match the phrases below with definitions 1-5.

(Ghép các cụm từ dưới đây với định nghĩa từ 1-5.)

1. carbon dioxide and methane are examples of these greenhouse gases: _______

2. add your name to a list of people who are asking the government to do something: _______

3. successfully challenge a person or organisation in court: _______

4. rules that people and businesses must follow which protect the land, sea and air: _______

5. try to change a situation using lawyers: _______

2. Read the article. Match headings a-e with paragraphs 1-3. There are two extra headings.

(Đọc bài viết. Ghép các tiêu đề a-e với các đoạn văn 1-3. Có hai tiêu đề thừa.)

a. Other ways the organisation helps (Những cách khác mà tổ chức giúp đỡ)

b. Victory for four green teens (Chiến thắng cho bốn thiếu niên xanh)

c. Future plans (Kế hoạch tương lai)

d. Why was the victory so important? (Tại sao chiến thắng lại quan trọng như vậy?)

e. The organisation that supported them (Tổ chức đã hỗ trợ họ)

Our Children's Trust

Teenagers against climate change

1. _______

Four teenagers in the USA have recently won an important court case against the Massachusetts state government to make them reduce greenhouse gases. The 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act says that all state governments must reduce greenhouse gases by 20 percent. In 2012, the Massachusetts state government hadn't done anything and so hundreds of young people signed a petition. The Massachusetts state government still didn't do anything, so the teenagers took the state government to court. The teenagers lost their first court case, but last week another judge decided that the state government was wrong and it must now improve traffic and use more renewable energy.

2. _______

The teenagers were working with Our Children's Trust, an organisation which uses legal action when local governments don't follow environmental laws. The organisation was started in Oregon in 2011 and they encourage and train young people to get involved in environmental change. Our Children's Trust knew that the biggest supporters of action against climate change are usually young people and so they wanted to help make their voices heard by governments who were not doing enough.

3. _______

The organisation believes that we must act against climate change urgently, so that the children of the future can have a clean and safe world to live in. They are involved in lots of similar cases with other state governments at the moment. They also make short films to educate people about the environmental problems we face in the world today.

3. Read the article again. Choose the correct answers.

(Đọc lại bài viết. Chọn câu trả lời đúng.)

1. The Global Warming Solutions Act (Đạo luật Giải pháp cho Hiện tượng Trái đất nóng lên)

a. tried to stop all greenhouse gases immediately. (đã cố gắng ngăn chặn tất cả các loại khí nhà kính ngay lập tức.)

b. was rejected by the government in the 1990s. (đã bị chính phủ bác bỏ vào những năm 1990.)

c. tried to reduce greenhouse gases all over the USA. (đã cố gắng giảm khí nhà kính trên khắp Hoa Kỳ.)

d. made a lot of people angry. (khiến nhiều người tức giận.)

2. Our Children's Trust (Our Children's Trust)

a. is a government organisation. (là một tổ chức của chính phủ.)

b. trains young people to become lawyers when they're older. (đào tạo những người trẻ tuổi trở thành luật sư khi họ lớn lên.)

c. educates and supports young people who want to take legal action. (giáo dục và hỗ trợ những người trẻ tuổi muốn thực hiện hành động pháp lý.)

d. thinks not many young people care about the environment. (cho rằng không nhiều người trẻ tuổi quan tâm đến môi trường.)

3. What do the people at Our Children's Trust believe? (Những người ở Our Children's Trust tin vào điều gì?)

a. We can't wait any longer to save the environment. (Chúng ta không thể chờ đợi lâu hơn nữa để cứu môi trường.)

b. Children cause environmental problems. (Trẻ em gây ra các vấn đề về môi trường.)

c. No governments are taking any action. (Không có chính phủ nào thực hiện bất kỳ hành động nào.)

d. The Global Warming Solutions Act isn't good enough. (Đạo luật Giải pháp cho Hiện tượng Trái đất nóng lên không đủ tốt.)

Our Children's Trust

Teenagers against climate change

1. Victory for four green teens

Four teenagers in the USA have recently won an important court case against the Massachusetts state government to make them reduce greenhouse gases. The 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act says that all state governments must reduce greenhouse gases by 20 percent. In 2012, the Massachusetts state government hadn't done anything and so hundreds of young people signed a petition. The Massachusetts state government still didn't do anything, so the teenagers took the state government to court. The teenagers lost their first court case, but last week another judge decided that the state government was wrong and it must now improve traffic and use more renewable energy.

2. The organisation that supported them

The teenagers were working with Our Children's Trust, an organisation which uses legal action when local governments don't follow environmental laws. The organisation was started in Oregon in 2011 and they encourage and train young people to get involved in environmental change. Our Children's Trust knew that the biggest supporters of action against climate change are usually young people and so they wanted to help make their voices heard by governments who were not doing enough.

3. Other ways the organisation helps

The organisation believes that we must act against climate change urgently, so that the children of the future can have a clean and safe world to live in. They are involved in lots of similar cases with other state governments at the moment. They also make short films to educate people about the environmental problems we face in the world today.