Intro

Usually when we talk about the future, we think about what new things will be in the world. But people are thinking more about the environment and what it will look like in the future. We are seeing more extreme! types of weather and how they can be examples of climate change.

Climate change affects the entire planet! in many different ways. Scientists have said that we must work to stop making it worse. Humans may find it very difficult to live on Earth due to  natural disasters! that happen because of the change in the environment. 

Marni and Lily talk about this serious issue and how we need to work towards changing it. Learn more in today’s English lesson about the environment.

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Dialogue

Marni: Lily, whenever I look at my young beautiful child, I always wonder what the world is going to be like. What kind of planet !are we leaving behind for our young children?
Lily:  Oh, gosh. 
Marni:  I was thinking about global warming. I think the more accurate scientific term these days is climate change, since it can present itself as a cooling. 
Lily:  Yeah, it’s scary to think about. Because you read all of these things about how there’s a decline! in the polar bear population. Greenland’s glaciers !are melting.! And it’s really hard not to get discouraged. 
Marni:  Yes. I recently watched a program that profiled the melting ice in Greenland. And the scientist they interviewed said that they are 60 years past the worst case scenario.! There’s this irrefutable! scientific evidence, and yet still we, as a nation and as a global community, seem to still do nothing about it. It’s pretty depressing.
  Lily:  Some people don’t actually believe in it. 
Marni:  Things have hit a critical mass.! And we can’t put our heads in the sand! anymore. 
Lily:  Exactly. 
Marni:  We’ve got to acknowledge this and take some action.

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