Ozone layer improving: BBC News Review สาธารณะ

The hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller, experts say. Beth and Phil talk about the language used in the headlines around this story.

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The story:
The hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller.

Back in the 1980s, countries agreed to stop producing chemicals that damaged the atmosphere’s protective shield.

The UN now predicts the ozone layer will return to its 1980 level by 2066.

Key words and phrases:
on track
progressing as planned and expected to succeed
- We are on track to make a profit this year.
- As long as we stay on track, well be finished by the end of the year.

plugged
a hole that has been blocked by something
- Weve plugged all the gaps – nothing can get in!
- I plugged the hole in the tank, its fine now.

chomping
biting something, hard, enthusiastically or noisily
- Look at all these insects chomping away at the leaves.
- I can hear you chomping away from here!

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:29 - Story
1:10 - Headline 1: Earths protective ozone layer on track to recover by 2066, according to UN - Sky News
2:55 - Headline 2: Ozone layer: How the hole was plugged - Dunya News
4:40 - Headline 3: United Nations scientific assessment finds ozone layer is healing, 35 years after world stopped producing chomping chemicals - ABC Australia
6:00 - Language summary

To download a transcript and audio, go here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2023/unit-1/session-7

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