martes, 28 de septiembre de 2021
viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2021
Climate change
Watch this video about the challenges we face:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyiNyWQeysI&t=256s
Then read this text:
What are the actual causes of Climate Change?
Humans are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth's temperature by burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests and farming livestock.
This adds enormous amounts of greenhouse gases to those naturally occurring in the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Greenhouse gases
The main driver of climate change is the greenhouse effect. Some gases in the Earth's atmosphere act a bit like the glass in a greenhouse, trapping the sun's heat and stopping it from leaking back into space and causing global warming.
Many of these greenhouse gases occur naturally, but human activity is increasing the concentrations of some of them in the atmosphere, in particular:
- carbon dioxide (CO2)
- methane
- nitrous oxide
- fluorinated gases
CO2 produced by human activities is the largest contributor to global warming. By 2020, its concentration in the atmosphere had risen to 48% above its pre-industrial level (before 1750).
Other greenhouse gases are emitted by human activity in smaller quantities. Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, but has a shorter atmospheric lifetime. Nitrous oxide, like CO2, is a long-lived greenhouse gas that accumulates in the atmosphere over decades to centuries.
Natural causes, such as changes in solar radiation or volcanic activity are estimated to have contributed less than plus or minus 0.1°C to total warming between 1890 and 2010.
Causes for rising emissions
- Burning coal, oil and gas produces carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide.
- Cutting down forests (deforestation). Trees help to regulate the climate by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. When they are cut down, that beneficial effect is lost and the carbon stored in the trees is released into the atmosphere, adding to the greenhouse effect.
- Increasing livestock farming. Cows and sheep produce large amounts of methane when they digest their food.
- Fertilisers containing nitrogen produce nitrous oxide emissions.
- Fluorinated gases are emitted from equipment and products that use these gases. Such emissions have a very strong warming effect, up to 23 000 times greater than CO2.
Global warming
2011-2020 was the warmest decade recorded, with global average temperature reaching 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2019. Human-induced global warming is presently increasing at a rate of 0.2°C per decade.
An increase of 2°C compared to the temperature in pre-industrial times is associated with serious negative impacts on to the natural environment and human health and wellbeing, including a much higher risk that dangerous and possibly catastrophic changes in the global environment will occur.
For this reason, the international community has recognised the need to keep warming well below 2°C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.
What can you do to change things?????
jueves, 23 de septiembre de 2021
Revising auxiliars
1. Do you like apples? Yes, I do / No, I don´t
2. Does the teacher speak? Yes, she/he does / No, he doesn´t
3. Have you got a pet? Yes, I have a cat / No, I haven´t.
4. Has your mum got a car? Yes, she has one/No, she hasn´t
5. Are you happy? Yes, I am / No, I´m not
6. Is it Monday today? Yes, it is /No, it isn´t
7. Can you swim? Yes, I can /No, I can´t
8. Can she go with me? Yes, she can / No, she can´t
martes, 21 de septiembre de 2021
Relatives
Questions:
1. Who is my cousin? It´s my aunt´s or uncle´s son or daughter!
2. Who is my nephew? It´s my sister´s or my brother´s son!
3. Who is my niece? It´s my sister´s or my brother´s daughter!
4. Who are my siblings? They are my sisters and my brothers...
5. Who are my kids? They are my sons and my daughters.
Parent: father and mother.
Kids are the sons and daughters.
My siblings are my brothers and sisters.
The kids of my uncle and my aunt are my cousins.
The son of my sibling is my nephew and
the daughter of my sibling is my niece.
the daughter of my sibling is my niece.
Revise them here:
lunes, 20 de septiembre de 2021
Question words?
Wh questions:
Who? - ¿Quién?
Why? - ¿Por qué?
What? - ¿Qué? /¿Cuál?
When? - ¿Cuándo?
Where? - ¿Dónde?
Which? - ¿Cuál (de ellos)?
Whose? - ¿De quién?
How? - ¿Cómo?
How much? - ¿Cuánto?
How many? - ¿Cuántos?
How long? - ¿Cuánto tiempo? ¿A qué distancia? ¿Cómo de largo?
How far? - ¿A qué distancia?
How often? - ¿Con qué frecuencia?
About me...
1. What´s your name? My name is Julio.
2. Where are you from? I´m from Spain, my family comes from León.
3. How old are you? I am twelve years old.
4. What´s your favourite sport? I love dancing and surfing.
5. Who´s your favourite singer? It´s Bruno Mars.
6. What´s your favourite food? My favourite food is french fries.
7. How many siblings have you got? I have one brother and one sister!
8. Have you got any pets? Yes, I have a cat.
9. Where do you live? I live in Vallecas.
10. How are you? I´m fine, thanks, and you?
Classroom Objects
Clock (watch)
Book (page, exercise, folder, notebook...)
Pencil (writing, pen, colours, marker, felt-tip pen)
Chair, table, desk.
Blackboard (whiteboard, board)
Computer (keyboard, mouse, pad, screen, CPU)
Diary (notes)
Sharpener (Sharp/sharpen)
Dictionary (search, definition)
Window, door, floor, wall, ceiling, light.
LEARN, PASS, FEELING WELL!!!
jueves, 16 de septiembre de 2021
The most beautiful words
We like:
Serendipity
Happy
Sleeping
Play
Lucky
Pleasure
Rice
Fighter (struggle)
Souls
Slow
Bear
Pencil-case
Joy
Health
Love
Underwater
Drop it
World
Hundred
People
Up
Best friend
Butterfly
Do you like them?
Maybe you prefer some of these:
miércoles, 15 de septiembre de 2021
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