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''Let nature be your teacher''
William Wordsworth, poet, 1770-1850

''Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift''
Albert Einstein, physicist, 1879-1955

''... to find the word, or words, by which [an] idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed''
P.M. Roget, lexicographer, 1779-1869

Tuesday 13 August 2019

Greta Thunberg's zero carbon journey

Level: intermediate B1

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Greta Thunberg is sailing to the climate conference in New York.

Watch this video (two and a half minutes) about it and then answer the following questions:

1) What is the slogan on the ship's sail?
2) How long is the journey?
3) What is the name of the boat?
4) What is a 'bunk'?
5) What medical condition does Greta have?

And a bonus question:
When was the boat launched? (You will have to do some extra research for this one!)


Answers below!



ANSWERS!
1) Unite behind the science
2) Two weeks

3) Malizia II
4) A narrow, shelf-like bed (Oxford dictionary) 
5) Asperger's syndrome

And the bonus question:
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