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-Listening-Übungen

A friend of the earth (Nr. 7

Der Ich-Erzähler, Ty Tierwater, war den größten Teil seines Lebens ein Umweltsünder wie der durchschnittliche Mensch der westlichen Welt. Neben dem verschwenderischen Verbrauch von Brennstoffen und der Orientierung am Konsumstreben der heutigen Gesellschaft, häufte der wohlhabende Sohn eines Bauunternehmers unnütze Dinge an. Seine Rücksichtslosigkeit zeigt sich vor allem in bewusster Umweltverschmutzung. Die Wende in seinem Verhalten kam durch die Freundschaft zu  Mitgliedern der Umweltorganisation „Earth Forever“. Durch deren Einfluss verkaufte Ty sein Haus, sein Auto, das Shopping Center seines Vaters und entwickelte sich zu einem Freund der Erde.

Eine unbequeme Wahrheit

Dear Sue,

To give you an impression of the German’s opinion of Gore’s documentary I want to tell you something about a film journal review by Thomas Arbeitshauser.

The author likes the way the director documents Al Gore’s speeches especially that the film is focused on Al Gore himself. Gore seems to fight for his ideas very enthusiastically, even though the use of tragic fates is sometimes inappropriate. The special thing about Gore’s work is the fact that he manages to inform his audience about the climate change in a very entertaining and comprehensible way.

In comparison to America, Germany is more progressive concerning environmental protection and so the topic of Gore’s speeches isn’t as new for Germans as for Americans. Gore’s work just can make the people conscious of the climate change because there is still a lot of work to be done.

I hope I could help you.

See you,

Bianca

Red alert! Climate change takes its toll on Scotland

Nr. 9

·         Rising temperatures and sea temperatures

Because of the release of greenhouse gases the rays of the sunlight can’t leave the atmosphere and so there was a rise in temperature in Scotland of 1 degree Celsius for every season except autumn in the past 40 years.

·         Decline of Biodiversity

Coastal erosion and flooding lead to habit loss and non-native species can replace the native ones, also because of the rising temperatures.

·         Rise in sea levels

The sea off Aberdeen has risen by an average of 0.66 mm a year since 1862.

·         Rising levels of winter rain

Up to 60 per cent more rain in the north and west of the country since 1961

Nr. 10 The author names the research of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency as a serious source. The results of this organization have to be true.                                                                                             Apart from this there are quotations of Dr Campbell Gemmell and Professor Colin Galbraith who are scientist. So this text is based on credible, current information. The quotation at the end especially emphasized the urgency of changing our lifestyle.

Let`s not worry about climate change!

The tone of this text isn’t objective because it just consists of the author’s opinion. In contrast it is insulting, aggressive and vulgar and also ironic for example when he says that man proved his dominance over nature, when he conquered the skies” (l. 3). 

The President of SPURT has no real arguments why there is no climate change. He just claims in a superior tone that there is no change. Because of this the advertisement seems ridiculous.

I think this advertisement isn’t serious because nobody could think that 150000 lives each year can be risked just for the aviation industry. It is also unusually to use such a vulgar language to advertise flying. This wouldn’t create confidence.

The fact that the text appeared in the Observer could lead to the conclusion that it criticizes the real aviation industry for being so disrespectful and irresponsible. There is also a critic about the Government’s policy because it supports the interests of the aviation industry and works against the environmental protection. The text is a call for the people to realize the dangers for the environment and to force the politicians to change their policy.