Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Article

What is the main point of this article?
-This main point of this article is the warning of the climate change and the example of the climate is changing now

List four vocabulary words that you do not recognize or understand, lookup the definitions, write them out using your own words.
-negotiations: a discussion
-parch: dry
-amid:middle
-skeptic:people that see things complicate

What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?
-weather is for a short amount of time and climate is for a long period of time

What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?
-They cite events like the heat and drought of the 1930s-which contributed to the Dust Bowl, dislocating millions of Americans and eventually changing the country's population structure

What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?
-In Hanoi there were high flood because of rain storm and tide

What does the word “perception” mean?
-Awareness of something

What is your “perception” of global climate change?
-It is a very big problem of the world right now and it can cause the extinction of the human and species.




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