Part 1: You will hear a short extract about Australian Wildfire Emissions’ impact on the climate.

Write
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each blank.

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/10/795366562/how-australian-wildfire-emissions-may-impact-global-
climate

 Broad area has already been destroyed by the Australia’s _________________. More seriously,
their ________________ has coming out to the other countries, such as in New Zealand, reports
said that its appearance means there being unusual skies with darkness and thick orange layer.
 According to a team which monitors the global emissions, Australia’s fires are a large reserve of
___________________________, with the figure of staggeringly _________________of carbon;
compared with 530 of total Australian ____________________ last year.
 Wildfires are bound to emit huge amount of carbon after burning off _____________. However,
newly-grown trees will later absorb them, making scientists to believe wildfires are
_______________ in the long run.
 Sadly, climate change has had bad influence on the atmosphere, creating more regular and
serious fires. Along with this, rising ___________ and unstable ______________ obstruct trees’
regeneration.
 Human beings could transform harmless fires into something that are catastrophic like the way
they will do to the air with ________________, which is evident in some parts like Nevada,
California and may shortly happen in Australia.

KEY

1. FIRESTORM
2. SMOKE
3. GREENHOUSE GASES
4. 400 MILLION TONS
5. INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
6. VEGETATION
7. CARBON NEUTRAL
8. TEMPERATURES
9. RAIN PATTERNS
10. FOSSIL FUELS