Matthew
Walsh's
EFL ESL website
1) Keywords from the texts: Study
the list of words. Listen to the
explanations in English.
-(Ring of Poverty)
starvation
malnutrition
unemployment
job skills
-(Baraka)
'the blessing of life'
a ritual
Tibet
Kecak
The Maasai
The Aborigine
a didgeridoo
The Kayapo
chants or 'mantras'
-(Wangari Maathai)
'Think globally act locally.'
a Ph.D
an ecologist
Kenya
desertification
sustainable development
GBM
The Nobel Peace Prize
-(The Kyoto Protocol)
greenhouse gasses
a 5% decrease (the whole world, by 2012)
a 6% decrease (Japan)
an 8% decrease (Central and Eastern Europe)
a 60% decrease (needed to stop global warming)
an 8% increase
(Australia)
the U.S. (the biggest country that didn't agree)
Russia (agreed and made The Kyoto Protocol a real law.
-(Aceh, NGOs, aid organizations)
Aceh
MSF
Greenpeace
The Rainbow Warrior
UNHCR
UNICEF
The Red Cross
CARE
The W.H.O.
The International Medical Corps
donations
underground nuclear testing
2) The Texts: Do you
remember them? Read and listen to them again.
3) Essay: Do you
have enough information to write the essay?
Introduce
an NGO or aid organization you found by researching on the Internet.
Include the information below as much as possible: (100 words)
Name:
Start date:
Place started:
Started by who:
Reason started:
Goals of the group:
Number of countries (areas) working in:
Number of members/staff:
Activities:
Accomplishments:
Events: