The Reading / Listening - Helping Nature - Level 0

World leaders at COP26 are promising to help Earth. They will end deforestation and cut methane levels by 2030. Amazon's Jeff Bezos will give $2 billion to help nature and make food more sustainable. Mr Bezos' Earth Fund is also fighting climate change. In September, it gave $1 billion to help indigenous people.

Mr Bezos decided to give the $2 billion after going into space. Looking at Earth from space changed him. He said the world looked "so fragile". He added that he did not think that going into space would change him so much. He said everyone must "stand together to protect our world" in this important year.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Helping Nature - Level 1 Helping Nature - Level 2   or  Helping Nature - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59132104
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/sofialottopersio/2021/11/02/billionaire-jeff-bezos-takes-stage-at-cop26-to-pledge-2-billion-towards-nature-conservation/
  • https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/02/cop26-jeff-bezos-pledges-2-billion-for-climate-action-by-2030-as-amazon-s-carbon-footprint


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. World leaders
  2. promising to
  3. They will end
  4. cut methane
  5. give $2 billion
  6. make food more
  7. fighting
  8. it gave $1 billion to help
  1. levels
  2. sustainable
  3. indigenous people
  4. deforestation
  5. climate change
  6. at COP26
  7. to help nature
  8. help Earth

Paragraph 2

  1. Mr Bezos decided to
  2. Looking at Earth
  3. He said the world looked
  4. he did not think
  5. going into
  6. change him so
  7. stand together to
  8. in this important
  1. "so fragile"
  2. space
  3. year
  4. much
  5. protect our world
  6. from space
  7. that
  8. give the $2 billion

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

(1) ___________________ COP26 are promising to help Earth. (2) ___________________ deforestation and cut methane (3) ___________________. Amazon's Jeff Bezos will give $2 billion (4) ___________________ and make food more sustainable. Mr Bezos' Earth Fund (5) ___________________ climate change. In September, it gave $1 billion to (6) ___________________.

Mr Bezos (7) ___________________ the $2 billion after going into space. Looking at Earth from (8) ___________________. He said the world (9) ___________________. He added that he did not think that (10) ___________________ would change him so much. He said everyone (11) ___________________ to protect our world" in (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

WorldleadersatCOP26arepromisingtohelpEarth.Theywillenddefores
tationandcutmethanelevelsby2030.Amazon'sJeffBezoswillgive$2bil
liontohelpnatureandmakefoodmoresustainable.MrBezos'EarthFund
isalsofightingclimatechange.InSeptember,itgave$1billiontohelpindi
genouspeople.MrBezosdecidedtogivethe$2billionaftergoingintospa
ce.LookingatEarthfromspacechangedhim.Hesaidtheworldlooked"so
fragile".Headdedthathedidnotthinkthatgoingintospacewouldchange
himsomuch.Hesaideveryonemust"standtogethertoprotectourworld
"inthisimportantyear.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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