1. A)Readtheproverb.Workinpairs.Explainthemeaning.

Onlywhenthelasttreehasdiedandthelastriverhasbeenpoisonedandthelastfishhasbeencaughtwillwerealizewecannoteatmoney.CreeIndianProverb

b)Whichoftheenvironmentalissuesbelowdoestheproverbtellusabout?

acidrainpollutionnuclearwasteresourcedepletiondeforestationglobalwarming_{climatechangeoverfishing}radioactivecontaminationozonedepletionlossofbiodiversityanimalsextinction^waste

2. A)Whichoftheenvironmentalissuesinex.1barethemostcrucialforthecountriesinthelistbelow?Whydoyouthinkso?

Canada usa uk belarus

CHINA

Australia newzealand

b)Listentothenewsfromallovertheworldandmatchthenewsitemswiththephotos,thecountriesinex.2aandtheenvironmentalissuesinex.1b.Whichcountryisnotmentionedinthenews?

3. A)Readthewordsfromthenewswiththeirdefinitions.Usethewordstocompletethequestionsbelow.

crucial(ofadecisionoreventinthefuture)extremelyim-portant

consequences–oftenbadorinconvenientresultsofapar-ticularactionorsituation

renewable–whichwillneverrunout

oil–afossilfuel,likegasandcoal,whichisproducedfromancientplantmaterial

consumes–uses(fuel,energyortime),especiallyinlargeamounts

reused–usedagain

recycled–collectedandtreatedtoproduceusefulmaterialswhichcanbeusedagain

landfills–placeswhererubbishisburied

radioactivecontamination–poisoningbynuclearwaste

• Whichcountriesoftheworldarethegreatest…produc-ers?Whichcountries…alotofoil?

• Arefossilfuelsa…energysource?

• Whathappenstothebiodiversityinthe……zone?

• ^{Whichwastecanbe…,andwhichcanbe…?}

• Doyouknowwhathappenstothenuclearwaste…?

• Arehumansfullyawareofthe…oftheircarelessbehav-

iour?

• Isit…forpeopletostartthinkingaboutenvironmentalissues?

b)Inpairs,answerthequestionsabove.

4. A)Matchthefoursentencesfromthenewswiththefollowingpatterns:

pastcondition–pastresultpastcondition–presentresultpresentcondition–pastresult

presentcondition–present(orfuture)result

Ifwehaddevelopedalternative,renewableenergysources,we’dhavefewerproblemsnow.

Ifthespillhadbeenstoppedearlier,thedamagewouldn’thavebeensogreat.

Ifmorewastewasreduced,greenhouseemissionsfromland-fillscouldbereducedtoo.

Ifpeopleweremorecarefulingeneral,theaccidentwouldneverhavehappened.

b)Answerthegrammarquestions.

1.WhichofthesentencesfromthetextarepureCondition-als(ConditionalIIandConditionalIII)?WhichofthemaremixedConditionals?Translatethesentencesintoyourlan-guage.2.Whatisthedifferenceinthegrammarbetweentheoriginalandthetranslation?

5. A)Listentothenewsagain.Takenotesofpossiblesolutionstotheenvironmentalproblems.

b)Compareyournoteswithyourpartner.Sharewiththewholeclass.

6. A)Haveyoubeentoanyofthefollowingcountries? switzerland,sweden,norway,costarica,australia,france,newzealand,colombia,finland,latvia

Guesswhatthesecountrieshaveincommon.(Readtheanswertothequestiononpage300).Whatcountriesdoyouthinkarethedirtiestintheworld?Why?

b)Workingroups.Whatdoyouknowaboutenvironmentalissuesinothercountriesoftheworld?Whatdoyouthinkcanbedonetosolvetheproblems?

LESSON6:THINKGLOBALLY,ACTLOCALLY

Communicativearea:speakingaboutsmallactionsthatcanchangetheworld

Activevocabulary:consumption