Vocabulary: Disappearing worlds

V The environment

1Choose the correct words. 

• 1The Kiribati government is buying land in Fiji so its 113,000 people can spreadrelocate before sea levels rise.

• 2It's not fair that the public has to pay to clean up land contaminatedevacuated by private companies.

• 3Some communities in the Himalayas have been devastateddied out by rainstorms.

• 4Roads and bridges are increasingly being relocatedwashed away in heavy rainstorms.

• 5We need to preservesurvive what's left of our natural environment before it disappears.

• 6In 2012, 33,000 people in Guatemala were evacuatedwashed away from their homes when a volcano erupted.

• 7In hot, dry weather, forest fires can contaminatespread faster than a human can run.

• 8If bees relocateddied out, a lot of the food we eat would disappear as a result.

Vinsight Prefixes: semi, under, over, re, co, inter

2Complete the words with the correct prefixes in the box. 

MOVE
• re
• inter
• over
• over
• co
• semi

• 1I like travelling by rail, but unfortunately the trains are often  crowded.

• 2I thought I'd lost my printer icon, and then it suddenly  appeared on my desktop!

• 3Schools should show how important it is to  -operate with people instead of always competing.

• 4Home education has many advantages, but the children don't learn how to  act with other children.

• 5This pasta is really soft – you've  cooked it!

• 6We live in a  -detached house, so I have to practise my drums when the neighbours are out!

Vinsight Prefixes: semi, under, over, re, co, inter

3Complete the sentences with the words in brackets and the correct prefix. 

• 1I think nurses are  (paid) – they deserve more money for the difficult and important work they do.

• 2The last paragraph of your essay needs to be  (written) so that it makes a better conclusion.

• 3I think his films are  (rated). They're not as good as most people think they are.

• 4I love the  (action) between Sherlock Holmes and Watson in the new TV series.

• 5The problem with many young people today is that they are  (educated) but don't have any work experience.

 V Global issues

4Match global issues to nouns. 

deforestation

disease

drought

famine

floods

poverty

unemployment

urbanization

• money
• rain
• jobs
• trees
• cities
• virus
• food
• rivers

V Global issues

5Complete the text with the words in the box. 

MOVE
• overcrowded
• climate change
• overspending
• interacting
• survive
• disease
• drought
• urbanization
• famine
• rethink
• flooding
• global issues
• spread
• relocate

Optimists say that humans will always find a way to ¹  , despite all the difficult ²  we face today. Pessimists looking for the end of the world can choose from many options. 

³ 

 

means that long, hot periods of ⁴  will become more frequent in many parts of the world, resulting in 

⁵ 

 

, while the opposite problem of ⁶  will also force people to ⁷  to other parts of the world. The possibility that viruses will ⁸  new and deadly types of 

⁹ 

 

becomes ever more likely, with increased 

¹⁰ 

 

meaning that most people live in ¹¹  cities. We cannot spend our way out of these problems easily any more because of our economic problems, a result of too many years of 

¹² 

 

. But perhaps this will make us ¹³  what is important in life, and learn to get satisfaction from 

¹⁴ 

 

with nature and each other instead of always thinking about money.

6 CHALLENGE! Make a list of global issues that you've heard or read about recently. Which ones affect your country? What are the possible solutions to these problems?  Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.