NEWS · B2 Level - Part 3

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello for Climate Change Awareness

An unusual yet picturesque setting for a concert. Grammy Award winner Yo-Yo Ma brought his cello to Magic Mountain in Davos, Switzerland,

Level: B2 · 11 sentences

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1. An unusual yet picturesque setting for a concert.
2. Grammy Award winner Yo-Yo Ma brought his cello to Magic Mountain in Davos, Switzerland,
3. to help shed light on an important issue: climate change.
4. As the World Economic Forum is taking place,
5. he hoped some leaders would turn their attention to the concerns of climate researchers,
6. who have been camping on the mountain, even in snowy conditions.
7. By camping here, we're trying to tell the powerful leaders and corporations that have come here to...
8. ...that we are here to bring climate science to the forum.
9. The scientists say they're most concerned about the disappearance and shrinking of glaciers around the world.
10. Not a new worry, but a new approach to getting the attention of people
11. who might be able to do something about it.