DAILY NEWS

LESSON 3
VOCABULARY

Intensely-extremely or strongly

Exceed-to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past

an allowed limit

Humidity-a measurement of how much water there is in the

air
 TEMPERATURES SET TO HIT 52 DEGREES BY
2053 ACROSS THE US
• A new study has revealed an area of intensely warm weather is expected to cover a US region home to more than a million
people by the year 2053. This so-called “extreme heat belt” will have at least one day per year in which the heat index hits 52
degrees Celcius.

The nonprofit First Street Foundation carried out the research. Its mission is to make climate risk modeling accessible to the
public, government, and people in the industry, such as real estate investors and insurers.

A key finding from the study was that heat exceeding 52 degrees Celcius was expected in 2023 to impact 8.1 million people
and expand 13-fold to 107 million people in 2053. The heat index is when relative humidity is combined with air temperature
to result in what the outside temperature feels like to the human body.

The team created their model by examining land surface temperatures and air temperatures from satellites between 2014 and
2020. This information helped them to understand the exact relationship between land and air temperatures. They also factored
in elevation, how water was absorbed in the area, and the distance to surface water or coast.

The model was scaled to meet the average future climate conditions as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, where carbon dioxide levels start to fall by 2050 but do not reach net zero by 2100.
COMPREHENSION QS

•1. What is the mission of the research carried out by First Street
Foundation?

2. What is the heat index?

3. When do carbon dioxide levels start to fall?

CRITICAL QS

• Do you think it is possible to be comfortable in 52-degree heat? Why or why not?

• Do you believe we will ever reach net zero? Why or why not?
•  Do you think it is better to live inland or near the coast? Please explain your answer.
NEWS NO:02
LESSON 3
NEWS 2
VOCABULARY

• Associate-having a rank or position that is below the highest level in a group,

organization, etc.
Ex; She was promoted from assistant editor to associate editor and may soon be
promoted to senior editor.
• Regulation-an official rule or law that says how something should be done
• Concern-a feeling of worry usually shared by many people
NEW ZEALAND TO INTRODUCE STRICT NEW
TOBACCO LAWS

• The New Zealand Government is ready to fight the tobacco industry.

It will be the first country in the world to introduce a law that will only allow tobacco products to
be sold through special shops. There will be less tobacco in each cigarette. And the government
also plans to increase the age at which people can buy cigarettes.

New Zealand will be the first country ever to stand against the tobacco industry.

The country's associate health minister Ayesha Verrall said, “We have more regulations in this
country on the safety of the sale of a sandwich than on a cigarette."
 CONTD….

• Almost every party in the New Zealand Parliament supports the new law.

The main concerns were made by the Green Party and the Libertarian Act Party. The Green Party is
worried that the new law will lead to criminals selling tobacco illegally. The Libertarian Act Party is
opposed to any reduction in freedom of choice.

Opposition National MP Matt Doocey said he was worried the policy’s untested nature meant that no one
knows if the measures will work.

However, the new law is expected to be passed in 2023. New Zealand will be the first country in the world
to stand against smoking and the powerful tobacco industry.It will be interesting to see if other countries
follow their lead.
COMPREHENSION QS

• 1. What will the New Zealand Government only allow under the new law?
•
2. What main concerns were made by the Green Party and the Libertarian Act
Party?
•
3. When is the new law expected to be passed?
CRITICAL QS

•  In the future, do you think people will look for something else to replace tobacco? Please
support your answer.
• Do you think that banning something will encourage criminals to sell it illegally and
cause further problems? Why or why not?
• Are you surprised it has taken so long to control the use of tobacco products, given the
health problems they are known to cause? Why or why not?
NEWS NO 03
VOCABULARY

• Retain-to keep or continue to have something

• Brawl-to fight in a rough, noisy, uncontrolled way
EX; The young men had nothing better to do than brawl in the streets.

• Expelled-Throw out
Ex; she was expelled from school
• Freak - a person who is obsessed with or unusually enthusiastic about a specified interest/abnormal
Ex; He is a fitness freak
 THE INSPIRING STORY OF JANE COUCH: BRITAIN’S
FIRST FEMALE WORLD CHAMPION BOXER

Jane Couch has changed little over the years. Despite all the punches in and out of the ring,
Britain’s first female world boxing champion still retains her youthfulness and the most
welcoming laugh.

Born in 1968 in Fleetwood, England, Couch would often brawl in the streets. After being expelled
from school, the years following became “a life of booze, drugs, and street fighting.”

At age 16, she moved to London and was arrested numerous times. After spending three months
in prison, she realized something needed to change.

After watching a documentary about two female boxers from America and Ireland, she went to a
gym but was told boxing was illegal for women in England.

Determined to become a boxer, she trained in secret at a local gym. When word got out, she
was labelled in the newspapers as a freak because she wanted to participate in a "man’s sport".
Her first win was against a policewoman, and she was paid around £58. She became known as the
"Fleetwood Assassin".
 CONTD…
• It took three years for Couch to win her license to fight. Referring to her and her two lawyers, she
said, "It was three women against the establishment, and it was the last male bastion that we
knocked down."

In March 1998, as a world welterweight champion, she finally won the right to box professionally
in the UK. Acceptance did not come overnight. Couch often wondered why she still boxed. Even
though she won that landmark case, she still could not box in the UK because British promoters
refused to work with her.

Financially, it made no sense to keep fighting. Couch was a five-time world champion, but her best
payday was £1,500 in 2003.

Boxing is a fight, and Couch had to fight to box. But thanks to her, British women can now walk
into a boxing gym and feel accepted without the need to train in secret.
COMPREHENSION QS

1. What inspired Couch to become a boxer?

2. What was the reaction of the media when they discovered Couch was training to be a
boxer?

3. Why could Couch not box in the UK even after winning the right to fight in court?
CRITICAL QS

•  Do you think women should participate in sports like boxing?

• Do you think there was a reason the newspapers labelled her a freak for wanting to box?
• Do you think women should fight for their rights to play any sport they would like?