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Maurício
General English for Professional Purpose

Maurício Paz - Study Plan

Grammar in Use Intermediate
Week Self Study Plan
1  units 1 to 17
2  units 18 to 35
3  units 36 to 50
4  units 51 to 79
5  units 80 to 95
6  units 96 to 109
7  units 110 to 125
8  units 126 to 142

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Maurício Paz- Study Plan – Week 1

Grammar in Use Intermediate
Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Content Units 1 to 4 Units 5 to 7 Units 8 to 10 Units 11 to 13 Units 14 to 17

Lesson 1
World’s Climate

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Lesson 1 Content

World’s Climate

► The Paris Climate Agreement

► The U.S. retreat.
► Climate change discussion
► Homework

Lesson 1 The Paris Climate Agreement

Do you know what is the
Paris Climate Agreement?
Watch the video and find out more.
According to Wikipedia…
The Paris Agreement (French: Accord de Paris), or Paris
climate accord and Paris climate agreement, is an agreement
within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions
mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020.
The language of the agreement was negotiated by
representatives of 196 parties at the 21st Conference of the
Parties of the UNFCCC in Paris and adopted by consensus
on 12 December 2015. As of June 2017, 195 UNFCCC
members have signed the agreement, 148 of which have
ratified it.

In the Paris Agreement, each country determines, plans and

regularly reports its own contribution it should make in order
to mitigate global warming. There is no mechanism to force a
country to set a specific target by a specific date, but each
target should go beyond previously set targets.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement

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Lesson 1 The U.S. retreat

Do you know these two men?

Donald Trump Elon Musk

U.S. President Founder of Tesla,
SpaceX and Solar City

Lesson 1 The U.S. retreat

Listen to the audio.
Can you explain with your words what happened?
Listen again and complete the gaps.
World-renowned CEO, inventor and (1) ____________
entrepreneur Elon Musk has decided to leave his position on the Trump business advisory
council. This comes after he recently defended his (2) ____________
role as advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. His decision was
(3) ____________
prompted by Trump's announcement on Friday that the U.S. will pull out of the Paris Agreement – the climate (4)
____________
deal established to deal with greenhouse gas (5) ____________
emissions from 2020, signed by 195 countries. Mr. Musk tweeted:
"Climate change is (6) ____________.
real Leaving [the] Paris [Agreement] is not good for America or the world.“ Musk isn't the only (7)
____________
prominient figure to walk away from the advisory council. Disney CEO Bob Iger will also step down for (8) ____________ similar
reasons.
President Trump has long campaigned in (9) ____________
support of the coal and fossil fuel industries. He believes that leaving the Paris
Agreement will loosen business restrictions and (10) ____________
promote growth. Advocates of Trump's decision believe leaving the
agreement will help to revitalize the U.S. coal(11) ____________
industry and bring back much-needed jobs and revenue to a previously (12)
____________
lucrative industry. World leaders condemned the U.S. withdrawal. France's president said: "There is no
(13) ____________
plan B on climate, because there is no planet B." With or without U.S. support, the world is on
an irreversible (14) ____________
trend towards cleaner energy. Leaving the Paris Agreement may be a significant
(15) ____________
blow to the USA's global influence and leadership in environmental (16) ____________.
issues

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Lesson 1 The U.S. retreat

Synonym Match What do you think of the USA’s decision?
1. renowned a. limitations
Do you think Elon Musk acted correctly?
2. position b. caused
3. prompted c. backers
4. established d. post
5. prominent e. serious
6. campaigned f. leading
7. restrictions g. famous
8. advocates h. profitable
9. lucrative i. set up
10. Significant j. fought

Lesson 1 Climate Change discussion

In your opinion, can the
other 194 countries reduce
emissions without the USA?

What is Brazil doing to help

to reduce CO2 emissions?

How can you help to

reduce CO2 emissions and
the increase of world’s
temperature?

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Lesson 1 Homework
Turn on the video camera of your mobile phone and record
one minute video talking about the relevance of the Paris
Climate agreement and your opinion about the U.S. retreat by
Donald Trump. Watch your video and record it as many times
as needed for you to feel comfortable and confident.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnDjCA4peY