1.A)Matchthebeginningsofthesentenceswithappropriateendingstomakeanenvironmentaljoke.

Beginnings:

1. Mr.Nelson,theschool’sPEteacher,wasonthewaytohiscarwhenhesawSaxby,afirstyearboy,droppingachew-ing…

2. “Saxby!!Comehere!!”Theboyknewhewasin…

3. “Whatdoyouthinkyou’redoing,boy?!Droppingrubbishlikesomehooligan,andachewinggumwrappertoo!!”…

4. “Don’tapologisetome,Saxby,apologisetotheenviron-ment!!It’sidiotslikeyouwhoaredestroyingtheplanet!!Nowpickupyourrubbish,spitoutyourgumandthrowthemawayproperly!!”Theboy…

5. Feelingveryproudofhimself,Mr.Nelsonopenedthedoor

ofhis6-seater,4-wheeldriveSUVandstartedthe…

Endings:engine./“Sorry,sir.”/didashewastold./gumwrapper./trouble.

b)Listentothejokeandcheckyourselves.Whatistheideaofthejoke?

2. A)Workinpairs.Answerthequestionsbelow.Reporttotheclass.

• Whenyougetupinthemorning,doyouhaveabathorashower?Doyoudrinkcoffeeorteaforbreakfast?DoyouwatchTV,listentotheradio,turnonyourcomputer,dryyourhairorironyourclothesbeforegoingtoschool?

• Howdoyougettoschool?Doyouliketochewsomechew-inggumonthewaytoschool?Whatdoyoudowithitwhenitlosesitsflavour?

• Whenyoucometoschool,doyouhavetoturnonthelightintheclassroom?Aretherealotoftreesaroundyourschool?

• Howmanynotebooksareyouusingthisyear?Howmanybooks?

• ^{Howquicklyareyougrowingup?Canyoustillwearyourlast}year’sclothes?Whataboutyourclassmates?Whatdoyoudowiththeclotheswhenyougrowoutofthem?Doyouwearafurcoatinwinter?

• Whenyoubuythings,wheredoyouputyourshopping?

Howmanyplasticbagsdoesyourfamilyuseaday?

2. Readtheenvironmentalfactfile.Howarethesefactscon-nectedwiththequestionsinex.2a?

57%ofarawcoffeebeanisnotneeded.Thewastepulpgetsthrowninriverscausingpollution.Growingcoffeecausesde-forestationandsoilerosiontoo.Clearingtreestogrowcoffeereducesthenumberofbirdsinanareaby97%.

IncentralLondon40thousandcarseveryhourusetheroads,causingpollution.

ThepileofrubbishatNewYork’sFreshKillslandfillwassobigthatitcouldbeseenfromouterspace.

Everyyeararound2millionseabirdsdieaftereatingorbe-ingtangledupinthrownawayplastic.

RecyclingonealuminiumcansaveenoughenergytopoweraTVforthreehours.

Animalsarekilledeachyearonfarmsandinthewildbyelectrocution,drowning,trappingorbeatingtoprovidefurforhumans.

Itcostsaround£150milliontocleangumofftheUKstreets.

ChewinggumisillegalinSingapore.

Asingletreewillabsorbonetonofcarbondioxideoveritslifetime.

2. Canyouthinkofanymorequestionsthatwillmakeyouthinkaboutenvironmentalissues?

2. Therearefoursolutionstotheenvironmentalproblems. FourRs:reduce,reuse,recycle,respect

1. Whatcanwedotostoporatleastreducetheamountofdamagewebringtotheenvironment?Findappropriateendingsforthefourbeginnings. Reduce,reuse,recycle,respect

• ^{...allspentnaturalresourcestore-duce}morefreshconsumption

• ...consumptionofnaturalresources

toconsume–consumption

• ...emissionofcarbondioxideintotheatmosphere

• ...thebeautyofnature

• ^{...allrecycledmaterialstoreducethedemand}

• ^{...allusedmaterialswiththeavailabletechnologies}

• ...humanactivitiescausingglobalwarmingandclimatechange

• ...deforestation

• ...theEarth’sbiodiversity

• ...allmaterialsmadewithtrees/plantsfortheirconser-

vation

• ...humanactivitiescausingpollutionofwater,air,for-estsandsoil

• ...consumptionofenergytoreducepollutionandexploi-tationofnature

• ...allwasted/spentnaturalmaterialstoreducetheircon-sumption

• ...allusedmaterialsmadewithtrees/plantstoreducede-forestation

• ...futuregenerations–theyhavethemosttoloseifwedon’trespectourplanetasthereisnoPlanetBforthem