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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking
1. What is the main idea of the passage? Topic :
temperatures on other planets
the effectiveness of the current climatological
observation system Main idea :
species becoming extinct
extreme temperatures
st
1 Major point :
2. What was the coldest temperature recorded on Earth?
-129.28
-273.15
Details :
-89.6
-189.6
3. When did a record of the world’s climate start?
1861
nd
1860 2 Major point :
1961
1960
Details :
4. What is the characteristic of the latest thermometer?
It adopted an analog technology.
It’s an electronic reading device.
It’s the mercury-in-glass type.
There is a restriction on the use of it.
3 Major point :
rd
B. Check True or False.
1. It has reached absolute zero in Antarctica. Details :
2. The 1990s was the coldest decade since
temperature records began.
3. 273.15 degrees Celsius is the same as zero
Kelvin in the Kelvin scale.
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