Watch this animation carefully, and try to answer the
following questions in your notebooks.
Questions
What are 20% of the world's
population confronted with? How high should that figure be by 2025?
"...countries
agreed to work towards halving the proportion of people without
access to safe drinking water..." How do you understand that sentence?
(think of the noun "a half") Can you explain this intention in your
own words?
Is there a good chance
of reaching a solution soon? (justify your answer by quoting an element from
the text)
What sector of human
activity uses the most water? Find 2 examples of water-greedy activities.
(NB : greedy = gourmand(e) )
What are the 2 main human
consequences of this lack of water? (a)sanitary, (b)financial
In what region of the
world can you find the most people without proper access to water? And where
can you find the fewest?
Which country in the
world uses the most water per capita ( =per person, in Latin)? Which country
uses the least? Give an approximate consumption figure for France. How do
we compare with other countries? With the UK? With the US?
What is the average daily
water consumption of an African family? Of an American one?
In what regions of the
world is water the most plentiful? And where is it the least available? (look
at the world map to answer)
What is the situation of France, in comparison with the rest of the world?
