7.2 The Environment

Pre-listening task: 1) Which of these things can be recycled?

plastic/ car batteries / bottles/ aluminium / tyres/ computer printer cartridges/ paper / cardboard/ phone books/ clothes

2) How can you reuse the following things: empty jars/ empty bottles/ plastic bags/ old paper and envelopes/ old egg cartons/ old cans/ old yoghurt pots.

Main activity: Track 6/CD2 You will hear Rebecca and Stephen's opinions about the environment.

Imagine you are Rebecca. What would you say in reply to these statements?

a)Teenagers are too lazy to pick up litter.

b)Factories and business cause most pollution.

c)It wouldn't be fair if people were fined for failing to recycle rubbish.

Imagine you are Stephen. What would you say in reply to these statements?

a)If we don't do something about pollution, we will destroy the planet.

b)You don't have to worry about things that won't happen in your lifetime.

Follow-up: Work in pairs or small groups. How would you persuade people to recycle more? Which of the ideas below would you use?

posters / advertisements in newspapers / bottle banks near supermarkets / educating primary school children / fine people who do not recycle

7.3 Global Warming

Pre-listening task: How green are you? Answer these questions to find out: Have you ever…

1. taken your paper, bottles and cans for recycling?

2. made a compost heap from organic waste?

3 left your computer on when you are not using it?

4. looked for information on eco-issues on the web?

5. asked your parents to drive you less than a kilometre to school or to a friend's house?

6. used your bicycle or walked instead of going by car?

7. dropped litter in the street?

8. used a tumble dryer when it's not raining?

9. left the tap on when you are brushing your tee? \

10. given your old clothes to a charity shop? 11. planted a tree?

12. cleaned up an area in your neighborhood.

Main activity: Track 7/CD2

1) You will hear an interview about climate change. Listen and tick the words you hear:

temperatures/ sea level/ globe /degrees/ rice /air/ hot/ flooded/ pollution/ warm/ villages/ rainforest.

2) Listen again. Are the sentences below True or False?

a) The world will be five degrees warmer by the end o this century

b) 1996 was the hottest year on record.

c) By 2028, 25% of all coastal towns will be flooded.

d) Most carbon dioxide comes from factories, homes and cars.

e) Trees absorb oxygen.

Follow-up: Think of three things you could do to help stop global warming. Listen to the other students and choose the best five suggestions.