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c Listen to the news about polar bears and write d What kinds of problems will the polar bears
the missing words and phrases in the text below. probably come across when the ice caps melt
Track 12 completely? Will they go extinct as the news
says or will they adapt to new conditions?
Interviewer: Dear audience, welcome to our Discuss your reasons with your partner.
programme. Today we are going to talk
about the difficult situation of polar
bears. We have Tina Adams with us Speaking
in the studio. She is going to inform
us about the fact that polar bears
are under the threat of extinction. a Look at the diagram below. Add one more
Welcome, Mrs Adams. example for each category.

Tina Adams: Thank you for having me. As you DISASTERS
said, polar bears are facing the risk
of becoming
(1) and the threat is serious. The
(2) species
list was updated to include the polar
bears in 2008. According to the Natural Disasters Man-made Disasters
study by the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), flood technological
(3) is the main earthquake disasters
reason of polar bears’ extinction. drought industrial disasters
tsunami chemical disasters
Interviewer: Why do you think global warming is the biological disasters
biggest problem for polar bears?

Tina Adams: Because it causes the Arctic Sea ice,
the bears’ (4) b What is the difference between natural and
and hunting ground, to melt at an man-made disasters?
alarming rate. When the ice melts
and breaks apart, polar bear families c How can we prevent man-made disasters?
drift too far away from each other e.g.
and food sources, which they need We can be more
to (5). As a careful and take extra
result of global warming and its effects, safety precautions.
polar bears’
(6) will decline by 30 per cent in the
next decades and this is just the tip
of the iceberg when we consider d What precautions can people take to reduce the
the other forthcoming disasters and effects of natural disasters which are given in
problems. If we do not take action to ‘Exercise a’?
(7) the effects
of global warming, problems like this e.g.
will probably increase. Authorities should
plan cities and settlements
Interviewer: Thank you for the information, Mrs according to risk of flood.
Adams.

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