Unlocking Word Meanings
Read the following words/expressions found in today’s article.
1. coverage (n.) [kuhv-er-ij, kuhv-rij] – (in Journalism) the act of reporting news through newspapers, television, or any other form of media
Read the following words/expressions found in today’s article.
1. coverage (n.) [kuhv-er-ij, kuhv-rij] – (in Journalism) the act of reporting news through newspapers, television, or any other form of media
Example: The TV station’s coverage of the disaster helped raise
donations for the flood victims.
2. climate change (n.) [klahy-mit][cheynj] – a lasting change in the earth's weather patterns
Example: The increasing
strength of typhoons over the years is believed to be due to climate change.
3. attraction (n.) [uh-trak-shuhn] – an interesting activity, place or thing that people want to see or experience
Example: Beach resorts are
popular attractions in the
Philippines.
4. agenda (n.) [uh-jen-duh] – a list of things to do or consider
Example: The president’s
agenda includes discussions about improving the economy through tourism.
5. cup of tea (idiom) [kuhp][uhv, ov][tee] – something one enjoys or does well
Example: As a lover of the
arts, attending the opera is her cup of
tea.
Article
Read the text below.
Media coverage of climate change has brought much attention to Greenland recently, as
temperatures rise and ice melts in the country. But despite the situation,
the same attention is also attracting more tourists.
Greenland gets
about 30,000 cruise visitors a year, four times the number of cruise visitors
it had ten years ago. This is a lot for a country where the local population
in 2011 totaled 56,615.
Over 80% of
Greenland is covered in ice. But the country’s ice caps and glaciers are
melting faster than expected.
The issue of climate
change is even part of Greenland Tourism and Business Council’s agenda. GTBC, however, assures
visitors that there is still plenty of ice to see, though its amount is
certainly declining.
But while Greenland’s
tourism industry has benefited from the increase in media attention, Anders la
Cour Vahl of GTBC says the country’s tourism industry is still small, and more
people must be encouraged to visit.
Greenland’s major
tourist attractions are ice and wildlife such as polar bears and whales, but these
attractions, as well as the cold
weather, may not be everyone’s cup of
tea.
On the other hand, Keya
Chatterjee of the World Wildlife Fund says there is no certainty as to what
may happen to the ice in the future. She believes Greenland and other areas
facing the impact of climate change have to plan ahead. Local economies that depend
on tourism have to start creating other attractions and developing different
sources of income.
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Viewpoint Discussion
Enjoy a discussion with your tutor.
Discussion A
·
How do you think your local environment or community
has been affected by climate change?
·
Do you think that people should be worried by
the effects of climate change? Why or why not?
Discussion B
·
Would you like to try visiting Greenland or a
country with a lot of ice? Please
explain further.
If
you were to travel, what kind of attractions would you like to see or do?