Smog makes Beijing puts sunrise on giant TVs

The Reading / Listening - Level 0

The air in China's cities is bad in winter. There is more pollution. Workers wear face masks so they don't breathe the bad air. People cannot see tall buildings across the street. The smog is worse now than it was three years ago. People feel bad. They cough a lot. The U.S. embassy told people not to exercise outside.

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Sources

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540955/Beijing-clouded-smog-way-sunrise-watch-giant-commercial-screens-Tiananmen-Square.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/17/beijing-fake-sunrise_n_4618536.html?utm_hp_ref=world

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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	People can't see the sun	a.	the sun
2.	The air is full of	b.	about it
3.	It blocks	c.	smoke and fog
4.	People want to	d.	environment
5.	There are big TVs	e.	see the sun
6.	help the	f.	in Beijing
7.	it looks like science	g.	in the streets
8.	They are also worried	h.	fiction

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	The air in China's cities is	a.	masks
2.	There is more	b.	the bad air
3.	Workers wear face	c.	ago
4.	they don't breathe	d.	a lot
5.	People cannot see tall buildings	e.	bad in winter
6.	three years	f.	pollution
7.	People feel bad. They cough	g.	to exercise outside
8.	The U.S. embassy told people not	h.	across the street

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

People (1) ___________________ in Beijing. The air is full of smoke and fog. It (2) ___________________. People want to see the sun. (3) ___________________ in the streets. People watch the (4) ___________________. A TV message asks people to help the environment. Tourists (5) ___________________ sunrise. They say it looks (6) ___________________. They are also worried about it.

The air in China's cities (7) ___________________. There is more pollution. Workers (8) ___________________ they don't breathe the bad air. People (9) ___________________ buildings across the street. The smog (10) ___________________ it was three years ago. (11) ___________________. They cough a lot. The U.S. embassy told people (12) ___________________ outside.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Peoplecan'tseethesuninBeijing.Theairisfullofsmokeandfog.Itbloc
ksthesun.Peoplewanttoseethesun.TherearebigTVsinthestreets.P
eoplewatchthesunriseonthem.ATVmessageaskspeopletohelpthee
nvironment.TouristsliketheTVsunrise.Theysayitlookslikesciencefi
ction.Theyarealsoworriedaboutit.TheairinChina'scitiesisbadinwin
ter.Thereismorepollution.Workerswearfacemaskssotheydon'tbre
athethebadair.Peoplecannotseetallbuildingsacrossthestreet.Thes
mogisworsenowthanitwasthreeyearsago.Peoplefeelbad.Theycou
ghalot.TheU.S.embassytoldpeoplenottoexerciseoutside.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about the sunrise for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

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