4. Fill in the gaps with one of the words from the list below.

throw recycled rain protect recycling natural compost heap waste industry fertilizer

«How people can help with recycling»

As inhabitants of this earth, we all have a duty to 1)………………..the environment. Together we can save endangered species and the 2)……………… forests. We should contribute to environmental protection by finding new ways of using products we 3)…………….away.

Nowadays recycling is an 4)………….. . As the world’s 5)……………….resources run out, manufacturers must find ways of reusing products. For example, old tyres can be melted down and reshaped.

What can we do to help our environment?

i) We can sort our 6)...................by separating it and then taking it to the appropriate 7)…………bins.

ii) We can reuse things such as jars and envelopes.

iii) We can buy 8)…………….products like stationery.

iv) We can transform our waste food into a 9) ……………..which we may use as 10)…………..for our gardens later.

5. Read the following texts, then fill in the gaps with one of the words from the lists.

dumped disposal designated pollution rubbish

In most countries a large percentage of 1)…………….is left, which can cause air 2)…………. . Much of our rubbish is 3)……………… in landfill sites, where it can sit for hundreds of years waiting to break down. However, not all countries dispose of their rubbish responsibly. Some countries do not even have 4)……………….areas for litter, and dump it wherever they see fit, in some circumstances ruining areas of natural beauty. This irresponsible attitude to waste 5)………….can be contrasted to how the residents of Seattle are handling their rubbish. They now recycle 45 per cent of their rubbish and they are encouraged to recycle because of the reduced costs for collecting recyclable rubbish instead of normal rubbish.

reused recyclable scrap collecting environmentalism

Nowadays it has become fashionable to buy items made of 1)……………..materials so that when the product is used, it does not have to be thrown away but can be recycled or 2)………… . In the USA there are now 5,000 recycling programs for 3)……………….. recyclables from 85 million people. Taiwan, which doesn’t have many trees of its own, buys used paper to make new paper, and Japan buys 4)………… metal from the USA, only to sell it back to them as cars. One way of cutting down on the growing global mountain of litter would be to cut down on the unnecessary packaging that surrounds our products, as this accounts for a third of our rubbish. 5)……………needs to become more than a fashion to make it work, it needs to become a way of life.

6. Look at pictures A and B.

• Compare these two pictures and the attitudes they show towards litter.

• How can we all help with recycling?

• Are landfill sites a solution the disposal of rubbish?

• Is recycling a costly process? What are its benefits?

D. ANIMAL PROTECTION

1. Match the animals with the pictures. Would you like to have any of them as a pet?

Why / Why not?

dog, cat, cock, goldfish, horse, parrot, koala, hamster

2. Place the animals below in the appropriate column. You may add the names of other animals which people keep as pets.

snake, goldfish, chicken, panda, cat, stick insect, puma, dog, ostrich, parrot, donkey, lion, pony

WILD	DOMESTICATED

3. Match the words with their opposites, then use them to describe each of the animals in exercise 1 as in the example:

playful ugly wild unintelligent friendly domesticated lovable hideous beautiful aggressive intelligent cautious

dependent messy obedient indifferent tidy independent quiet small devoted disobedient big/large noisy

eg. A parrot is a friendly, intelligent pet. It can be quite noisy though because…