Unit VI / Listening Text 1 Changing Climate

Unit VI / Listening Text 1 "Changing Climate"

1. Before listening to the text "Changing Climate", look through the vocabulary.

The Sahara desert - пустыня Caxapa Tuaregs - туареги (народ в Африке) lizard - ящерица camel - верблюд dam - дамба pineapple – ананас.

The Sahara desert is one of the hottest parts of the world. There, temperatures can rise to 55 °C at midday. It's a very difficult place to live in, but it is home for the Tuareg people. They keep goats at home. Wild animals such as elephants, snakes and lizards live in the desert, too.

In ancient times, the Tuaregs moved from place to place. In the past, the rain came every July, and the Tuaregs, their goats, the elephants and other wild animals moved to the rivers and water holes. Every year at the same time, the Tuaregs went to the markets to buy and sell camels and buy food for their journeys. This was the way the Tuareg people lived.

But now the climate is changing and the Tuaregs have to change their way of life. The rain doesn't come every July. There isn't enough water in the desert for the goats and wild animals. The Tuaregs cannot travel in the desert with their camels and goats any more. They have to stay in their villages all the time. The children look after the goats and go to school. The Tuaregs grow fruit and vegetables next to little rivers.

In Africa people also cut down trees - and trees stop the wind, as you know. Also, in some countries, people wanted to make electricity. They changed the direction of the rivers, and they built dams. This changed the direction of the water underground in their countries. That resulted in the changes of climate, and thousands of people died in Africa between 1968 and 1974 because there was no water.

People have to be careful with nature. The changing climate changed the Tuaregs' way of life. Now it is changing the elephants' way of life! The desert is too dry for the elephants. They cannot find all the water they need, so they break the walls around the Tuaregs' gardens and eat the bananas and pineapples that the Tuaregs grow. What can the Tuaregs do?

2. Listen to the text "Changing Climate" and give yes or no answers to the questions according to the text.

1. Can the temperature in the Sahara desert be over 65 °C?

2. Do the Tuaregs keep cows?

3. Did the rain usually come in July?

4. Did the Tuaregs buy and sell camels?

5. Do the Tuareg children go to school now?

6. Are many trees cut down in Africa?

7. Do the elephants break the gardens?

8. Do people have to be careful with nature?

9. Every year at the same time the Tuaregs went... to buy and
sell camels.

10. But now the Tuaregs have to change...

11. The Tuaregs have to... all the time.

12. The changing climate has changed the Tuareg's...

13. The elephants cannot find all the water they need, so they...

In some countries in Africa, thousands of people died
because…

1. Describe the life of the Tuaregs.

What do the Tuaregs have to do now?

What don't they have to do?

Use the prompts:

- look after their gardens

- move from place to place

- look for the water holes

- build stronger garden walls

- travel to the markets

4. Imagine that you are in a desert. Say:

• what it is like there;

• how you will feel there;

• what you can see;

• what you will do;

• what food you'll eat;

• how you'll get water.

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