What can you do to curb global warming? since most of our home energy is generated by power plants that burn fossil fuels, we can cut down on our share of greenhouse-gas emissions with simple energy-saving measures. turn off the tv, computer, and other electrical devices when you’re not using them. and if you plug these devices into a surge protector strip, make sure to switch it off too. otherwise, the vampire-like gadgets continue to suck electricity from the lines. and flick out the lights when you leave a room. you can even slow global warming by taking shorter showers. remember: it takes energy to heat water. “we all have an individual responsibility to deal with this problem [of global warming],” says washington. what persuasive strategies does the writer in this excerpt of the article "tomorrow's weather" use to convince readers to change their daily routines? are the writer's strategies effective? why or why not?

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt