Online Class Notes (Jesse) [4]

Vocabulary

to save climate change – save the earth / prevent climate change

global warming = climate change

coal – black stuff you burn

fossil fuels – “fyouul”

hydro-electric – water energy

as far as I can remember / as far as I know
eg. as far as I can remember, it was some nuclear problem in Russia

Chernobyl – “cher no bll” – nuclear disaster in Russia

rapid – quickly – “ra ped”
eg. move your hands rapidly

prompt – soon / immediate
eg. thanks for your prompt reply

emission (n) / emit (v)
eg. coal power plants emit lots of fossil fuels
admission (n) / admit (v)
excretion (n) / excrete (v)
expulsion (n) / expel (v)

competitive price – good price, acceptable, cheap

riverbank / the river’s edge 

it comes as a shock / it might come as a shock – it’s shocking / it’s surprising

Grammar

the video talking about – the / this video talks about

60 percentage country – 60 percent (60%) of countries , the percentage of countries that….. is 60
it is 30 degrees today
the temperature is 30 degrees 

at a cost / price / rate

in 5-10 years later –
in 5 years – from now
5 years later – from the past or from the future

because social media to encourage others – because social media is trying to encourage others / because social media encourages others to be stupid / for profit / in many ways 

i use plastic bags in several times – I try to use plastic bags several times 

they give a law – they made a law

you don’t know you’re talking about – you don’t know what you’re talking about