I kindly invite you to watch this video about the dangers of cooking smoke by BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11380518
Here is the link to the report by Rogger Harrabin, enviornment analyst :bbc.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11380518
Detailed report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11381760
Watch the video and try to answer the following yes/noquestions: (You can see the correct answers if you scroll down the page.)
| Questions/statements | Yes | No |
| 1.Does cooking smoke attract flies? | ||
| 2.Does the smoke harm eyes and lungs? | ||
| 3.Does black smoke contribute to climate change? | ||
| 4.The aim is to bring clean burn-stoves to a hundred million homes within 2030 | ||
| 5.The cleanest of all stoves are the carcoal cookers. | ||
| 6.The solar cookers adopt the same technology as a small boy using a magnifying glass to burn a piece of paper. | ||
| 7.The „raise“ of the sun hit the dish and get concentrated back to the reflector. | ||
| 8.From here they get focused up onto the cooking. | ||
| 9.Will it be possible within a short period to distribute these kind of clean cookers to all the people in need. | ||
| 10.Men are most exposed to cooking smoke nowadays. | ||
| 11.According to World Organizations the smoke and gases from cooking fires in the poorest countries contribute to nearly 1 million deaths a year. | ||
| 12.More people get killed from black cooking smoke than from malaria. | ||
| 13.Similar projects are underway in India, Bolivia and Peru. | ||
| 14.The scourge of toxic smoke is being tackled. |
Correct answers.
1.no/2.yes/3.yes/4.no/5.no/yes/7.no/8.yes/9.no/10.no/11.no/12.yes/13.no/14.yes
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