An Amerindian concern?

1. The Commonwealth unites many states. Right. Wrong.
2. What happened in 1966 for Guyana? It became independent It became an English colony?
3. Where is Belize? Next to Guyana Next to Mexico and Guatemala.

A Commonwealth concern

1

What is the document about? Choose the odd one out.

Inuit

Amerindians

Indigenous Americans

Native Americans

Aboriginal Americans

2

Look at the tweet and find the keywords in the crossword.

a) Change in the earth’s weather.
b) A feeling of caring about something.
c) Discuss something with someone who has a different opinion.
d) Make something return to an earlier state.
e) Free and symbolic union between former British territories. 

3

Drag the causes of climate change in the first category, the consequences of climate change in the second one and the solutions you can propose in the third.

Pronounce -ed

Listen

Listen: Untouched / lived / protected / thatched / titled / forested / loved / believed / decided / missed. 

Réfléchis : /t/ /d/ /ɪd/ → choisis la bonne prononciation pour chaque mot.


Répète : Proved / detached / respected / preserved / kissed.

Local communities and the forest

1

Watch the video, note the odd ones out and describe the video in a short paragraph using the rest of the words.

jaguar

cook

spider

indegenious protesters

hunters

ant

parrot

non-indegenious

grasshopper

demonstrators

Guyana officials

dancers

female farmers

oil-company employee

eagle

Amazon Watch/Youtube

2

Watch the video again carefully and choose the correct answer.

a) In the first sentence of the video, it is said that everything is alive and interconnected. light and reconnected. alright and interconnected.
b) In the Amazon rainforest, there are 400 Indigenous people. 4000 Indigenous people. 400 distinct Indigenous peoples.
c) If things don’t change, 20% / 2050. 50% / 2020. 20% / 2020.  % of the Amazon rainforest will be degraded by...
d) The Indigenous people are the front-line fighters. the front-line defenders of the rainforest. the off-line offenders.
e) Protecting the Amazon rainforest is an Indigenous fight. a world fight. both.

3

Now sum up the main purpose of the “Amazon Watch” project.

4

The Amazon Rainforest evokes lots of dream images though the truth is often different. Use the two pairs of pictures to explain why.

An incredible reserve

1

Describe your dream experience in Guyana to a friend using as if.
a) Everything in the forest is bigger. ➝
b) Colours are more vibrant. ➝ 
c) All plants and animals were created by some magical creature! ➝ 

2

Using the pictures, explain how the Makushi could make money from the forest without destroying it.

As if… / as though…

Observe : It is as if nobody had ever touched the forest! It is as though nobody had ever cut a tree!

Réfléchis : Repère les deux auxiliaires (BE / HAVE) dans ces phrases. Relève les verbes. Quel est le temps utilisé pour BE ? Pour HAVE ? De quel aspect s’agit-il ?

Conclus : Pour imaginer une autre réalité, on utilise ou suivi du passé de + un .

Mission 1

1

What is Amazon Watch?

A government.

An association.

A Youtube channel.

2

What do you have to do?

Make a report.

Record a video clip.

×

Publish a brochure.

3

Choose your level:

B1

A2

A2+