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Live Earth – an inconvenient truth?
Level 1
Elementary
Find words in the article that mean the same as:
a. performers
________________________ (title)
b. audience
________________________ (title) and __________________ (para 4)
c. size / strength
________________________ (para 1)
d. series / row
________________________ (para 2)
e. concert
________________________ (para 3)
f. makes / produces
________________________ (para 4)
g. promising
________________________ (para 5)
h. convincing
________________________ (para 5)
i. initiator / founder
________________________ (para 8)
j. gets rid of
________________________ (para 10)
k. reason / way to understand
________________________ (para 11)
Vocabulary: Synonyms
4
Discussion
5
In small groups, think of 5 reasons for and 5 reasons against attending a concert such as Live Earth.
If you were the organizers, how much would you charge for a ticket? Give reasons why you would charge
this amount.
Compare your suggestion to that of other groups.
Would you like to attend an awareness raising concert such as Live Earth? Why/Why not?
Webquest
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1. Go to 
www.carbonfootprint.com
 and use the flight calculator to calculate a trip from London to your 
nearest major airport.
What is the flight distance?
How many tonnes of CO
2
would this flight contribute?
2. Find ways to reduce your carbon footprint. List at least 3 things you can do that will make an immediate 
difference as well as 3 things you can do that will make a difference within 1-4 years, and do them!