Lesson 2

Reading

1. Discuss these questions in pairs.

What do you think the photos show? The first photo shows a village affected by drought, the second show flooding of a river, the third shows rising sea levels / flooding in a city.

2. Read the webpage. Check any new words in a dictionary. Why are mangrove trees unusual?

Because they grow in seawater.

Vocabulary

3. Complete the sentences with the words in bold from the text.

1. Mangrove Trees grow in seawater along the coast.

2. There are more floods in many countries because of rising sea levels.

3. seedlings are small, young plants.

4. Rice and vegetables are Crops that we grow on farms.

4. Read the webpage again and answer the questions.

1. What is happening in some countries because there are rising sea levels? There are more floods in many countries.
2. What happens to farms when seawater comes onto their land? The salt in the water kills the crops and farmers can't grow anything, so people lose their homes.
3. Why are mangrove forests important? They protect communities and farms from strong winds and storms.
4. What are they growing in Egypt? They are growing thousands of mangrove seedlings.
5. Do you think we need to plant more mangrove trees near the Mediterranean sea?Why? Yes, To reduce the problems caused by rising sea levels.
6. What are the communities going to do every year? They are going to plant 300,000 seedlings along the red sea coast.

Language

5. Choose the correct answer.

1. If we lived in Hurghada, we will go /could go to the beach every week.
2. Those farmers would move to a safer place if there are / were another flood.
3. If we have / had more time, we would visit our cousins in the village.
4. We are having / would have fewer storms if climate change stopped.

6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

1. If they didn't cut (not cut) so many trees, they would have (have) bigger forests.
2. I would plant (plant)more trees if I were (be) in your position.
3. The street is very nice. It would be (be) ugly if we didn't plant (not plant) more trees.
4. If she didn't love (not love) nature, she wouldn't be (not be) an environmental scientist.

Speaking

7. Discuss these questions in pairs.

1. Why do people visit the Red Sea coast? What do they like to do there? They go on holiday to the Red sea. They like swimming and doing water sports such as diving.

2. How will new mangrove forests help the people who live in and visit the area? The mangrove forests will help reduce the problems caused by rising sea levels. Salt water won't destory the farmers' land. They will provide homes for fish. plants and sea animals.