In this 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, Neil and Rob discuss climate change and introduce some useful vocabulary related to the topic.
Today’s movie
VIDEO URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UOdAKVdbMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UOdAKVdbMo
Listening Quiz
Before diving into the vocabulary, a question is posed to Rob about the upcoming climate conference.
Q1: In which city will the upcoming climate conference be held?
Q2: What is an ‘ambition’?
Q3: What does ‘alleviate’ mean?
Q4: What is a ‘paradox’?
Q5: What is ‘humility’ about?
Vocabulary
Let’s explore some key vocabulary introduced in the discussion about climate change.
emitters
ambitions
paradox
alleviate
flaws