Read the text and answer the following questions.
Bangladesh is already experiencing the adverse impacts of global warming and climate change. Summers are becoming hotter and the monsoon is irregular. There are untimely heavy rainfalls causing water logging and landslides. Among other impacts are frequent floods, river erosion, crop damage due to drought, prolonged cold spells, salinity of water in the coastal areas etc.
Climate change has already started bringing disasters to Bangladesh. We remember the damage caused by the Aila in 2009. Climate change victims are increasing in number every day. The number of families and villages that lose their homes permanently to rivers every year is one of the highest in Bangladesh. An increasing number of people are suffering damage or loss to their property and some time life due to disasters caused by climate change. Following the climate change, the river bank and coastal erosion are increasing at an alarming rate. It is estimated that a 45-centimetre rise of sea-level will flood almost 10.9 percent of our territory and will make 5.5 million people of our coastal regions homeless.
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Answer the following questions.
The monsoon is irregular because of the adverse impacts of global warming.
The cyclone named Aila happened in 2009.
Untimely heavy rainfalls cause water logging.
The coastal erosion is increasing because of climate change.
The passage is about the adverse impacts of global warming and climate change.
Bangladesh is experiencing the adverse impacts of global warming and climate change.
Five adverse impacts of global warming are hotter summer, irregular monsoon, untimely heavy rainfalls, frequent floods, and river erosion.
Due to rise of sea level, a vast part of the country will go under water and many people will become homeless.
Untimely heavy rainfalls cause water logging and landslides.
Yes, I think so. It is because Bangladesh has already been experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change. Frequent floods, river erosion, crop damage due to drought, prolonged cold spells, salinity of water in the coastal areas etc. bear the testimony to it. The most frightening matter is that about 5.5 million people will be refugees if the sea level rises by only 45 cm.
A number of adverse impacts are visible in Bangladesh now due to climate change. They are hotter summer, irregular monsoon, heavy rainfalls, river erosion, drought, prolonged cold spells, salinity of water, etc.
Aila is the name of the cyclone that occurred in 2009 in Bangladesh.
The number of climate change victims are increasing daily.
The people of Bangladesh are losing their property and sometimes life due to disasters caused by climate change.
If the sea level rises by 45 centimetre in Bangladesh, 10.9 percent area will be flooded and about 5.5 million people will become homeless.
No, it is not. Bangladesh is already facing the adverse effects of global warming and climate change.
Crops are being damaged as a result of drought.
The Aila of 2009 is an example of the disasters caused by climate change.
A 45-centimetre rise in sea level can flood 10.9 percent of our territory and make 5.5 million people homeless.
The impacts of global warming and climate change include hotter summers, irregular monsoons, heavy rainfalls, frequent floods, river erosion, drought, longer cold spells, water salinity in coastal areas, etc.
Global warming and climate changes are not merely some normal changes of nature. Rather, they are signs that our planet is gradually losing its livability. We must fight against these changes before it is too late.

Learning outcomes
- After we have studied this unit, we will be able to
- read and understand texts
- talk about climate and environment
- ask and answer questions
- take part in role-plays
- write short guided and semi-guided sentences and passages
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Kobita wanted Paul to write something for her school magazine.
Paul skipped smashed potato because it had chopped fresh onions in it.
Kobita's mother was unwilling to come in front of Paul because she was shy and did not want to face a stranger.
Since Paul came to Bangladesh, he was only having vegetables and fried eggs. He was tired of eating only these items. When he ate delicious dishes like chicken curry, fish bhuna, dal, dessert etc, he became quite delighted. He enjoyed the tastes of these Bangladeshi dishes, which he never had before. Therefore, the lunch at Kobita's house would definitely attract Paul to other Bangladeshi dishes.
When Paul visited Kobita's house, he wore blue trousers and a grey T-shirt.
For Paul, Kabita's mother cooked a number of Bangladeshi dishes including plain rice, chicken curry, fish bhuna, dal, salad, etc.
He was served two bhortas, dried fish and mashed potato.
Paul was tired of having vegetables and fried eggs for the last few weeks.
He didn't like the dried fish bhorta because of hot chillies.
Paul greeted Kobita's mother with his newly learnt Bangla, "Kemon achen?".
Yes, I think it was a wonderful experience for him to visit Kobita's house. It is because during the visit, he enjoyed the tastes of a variety of Bangladeshi dishes.
(a) articlc; (b) variety; (c) tastes; (d) skipped; (e) most.
Paul visited Kobita's house the next day. Kobita requested him to write an (a) articlc for her school magazine. While they were talking, Kobita's mother prepared a (b) variety of Bangladeshi dishes for Paul. He ate almost all the dishes and liked the (c) tastes of all. However, he didn't like the dried fish bhorta and (d) skipped the mashed potato. He liked the dessert (e) most and also enjoyed drinking the tea.
(a) wore; (b) saying; (c) while; (d) dried; (e) enjoyed /liked.
The next day, Paul visited Kobita and her family. He (a) wore blue trousers and a grey T-shirt. paul greeted Kobita's mother warmly in Bangla, (b) saying "Kemon achen?" She was happy to hear a foreigner speak in her language and welcomed him. Kobita asked Paul to write something for her school magazine (c) while Ms. Shahana prepared lunch Paul had rice, chicken curry, fish bhuna, dal, and salad, but he didn't like (d) dried fish bhorta or mashed potatoes with onions. However, he loved the dessert made with ricc, gur, milk, and coconut, and (c) enjoyed /liked fresh cow milk tea.
greeted = welcomed
happy = sad/unhappy
loved = liked
warmly = coldly
foreigner = indigenous/native
reluctant = willing/inclined/cager
except = excluding
mashed = smashed/crushed
delicious = tasteless
fresh = stale/impure
On weekends, Paul and his family went to the park. They went on a picnic there.
On picnic days, Paul liked to watch and feed the animals, play around the park, listen to the birds' singing, and watch the little rabbits running around.
Paul's mother made simple sandwiches on picnic days, because both his mother and father didn't like to cook on picnic days.
Paul's father got angry when Paul and his sister went near the bushes. He didn't want them to go too far out of his sight.
Paul and his family liked to go to the park, because they loved being outdoors and feeling free. Moreover, they could relax there.
Paul and his sister play around the park and feed the animals.
Paul's mother likes making sandwiches, watching her children to play. She also loves being outdoors and feeling free.
The mother likes to make sandwiches.
On the weekends, Paul and his sister go to the park, play around, watch and feed animals, listen to the birds' chirping and so on.
Paul and his sister like the park because it enables them to enjoy the outdoors and feel free.
Paul's father does not allow them to go near the bush. It is because he does not want his children to be far out of his sight.
Paul does not like flies. He cannot tolerate little insects.
Paul's sister hates spiders because she is afraid of them.
The mother brings her daughter back from the bush by getting her afraid of the spiders.
(a) picnic; (b) feeding; (c) parents; (d) playing; (e) go.
In his childhood days, Paul and his family members enjoyed (a) picnic in the park. Paul and his sister loved playing and (b) feeding the animals, while their (c) parents relaxed and watched them. Paul and his sister were free in (d) playing and walking around but they were not allowed to (e) go near the bush or too far.
(a) going; (b) far; (c) told; (d) them; (e) like.
We could play as much as we wanted, but my father didn't like us (a) going near the bushes. He didn't want us to go too (b) far out of sight. Sometimes, if we went too far, my mother called us back. She (c) told my sister that there were spiders near the bushes, and she was afraid of (d) them . My sister still hates spiders. I'm not afraid of spiders, but I don't like flies. I really don't (e) like them.
Hated = loved
Afraid = feared
Far = near
Angry = furious
Outdoor = indoor
make = prepare
sight = vision/view
sight = vision/view
nothing = everything
nothing = everything
simple = plain
little = big/giant
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