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Lesson 3

Speaking

THE NEWS

i) Winter is coming, clean up all the rubbish in your area.

ii) Any solutions for the cardboard mountains? People continue to chuck out boxes and cartons.

iii) Air pollution in our city is really terrible. People can hardly breathe.

iv) How do we save paper at school? The paper waste is a worry for all. We need to act now!

v) Tourists leave litter on beach! The main reason is that there are no bins for people to put their rubbish!

Archelon: http://www.archelon.gr/index_eng.php
WWF: http://www.wwf.gr/
Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/greece/el/
Fern: http://www.fern.org/

Magazine: Environmental Protest groups

In pairs, read the newspaper titles and think about what you can do to help. Match the titles to the responses.

a) Yes, and if we don't do something about it, people will have breathing problems.
b) Good idea! If we don't, the drains will block and we'll have floods.
c) If the Town council puts more bins, the problem will stop.
d) Well, if we use the two sides of every page of paper, that's a start.
e) If people buy presents without wrapping, that'll help.

Task 2

A) Greece has an excellent record in environmental protection and people want this to continue. To help in this aim, an environmental group in Greece wants to make a poster with these photographs below. In pairs discuss the environmental problem each picture shows from other parts of the world. Then write a sentence for each picture saying what you think will happen if we are not careful with our own country.

B) Look at the environmental organization titles and logos and match the organization to what they do.
C) In pairs, choose one of the problems that you want to support. You want to contact an international organization for information. Which organization will you contact?

Task 3
Problem - give the man solutions

A man has got some old rubbish in his yard. He has bottles, old tomatoes and cardboard boxes. He lives in a block of flats near the centre of the town. He is thinking of different solutions like:

A - burning everything
B - leaving it in a pile in the corner of his balcony
C- reusing everything

What will the results or consequences be? Use the example to make correct sentences.

Example:
If he /try to burn/ the glass / not burn.

a) If he /burn/ the boxes / a lot of smoke
b) If he /leave / the tomatoes / smell
c) If he / not clean / the rubbish / neighbours complain
d) If he leave / boxes / attract mice
e) If he reuse/ the boxes / store other things
f)If he / reuse/ the bottles / create a piece of art
g) If he throw/ tomatoes / in garden / help the soil

If he tries to burn the glass, it won't burn

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Recycling as art

Task 4

Complete the diagram below with waste items in the right bin.

GLASS	PLASTIC	PAPER/CARDBOARD	METAL
Bottles	containers

		books	computers

Recycling - Pre writing

Task 1

Look at the photograph. Is there one of these bins near your house?
What does the poster tell people to do with their rubbish?
How does recycling help the environment?
What other advantages does recycling offer the local council?

Task 2

In pairs, look at the facts on recycling and decide what we SHOULD do to help the environment. What will the results be if we don't? Try to use ‘if' and ‘unless' in your statements.

FACT
More than half the paper and cardboard in the UK is made from recycled paper

FACT
Life in water is often most strongly affected because water spreads pollution easily and because we often dump our waste in water

FACT
The human race drinks six hundred million cans of coke a day! If an empty can weighs 2 grams, think of how many thousands of kilos that is each day.

FACT
Making an aluminium can from recycled material uses one twentieth of the energy needed to make a new can

FACT
People in the UK recycle ten times more glass today than 5 years ago and the cost of drink in bottles is lower.

FACT
Less pollution is not only good for wildlife and nature - human health benefits from less pollution as well. That means lower medical bills, and a better quality of life.

Writing

Task 3

An English-speaking friend is thinking of starting a recycling club in the area where s/he lives. Your friend wants to know if it is a good idea. Look at the leaflet and write a letter to give your opinion.

Lesson 3

Recycling as art

Project Task 1

Your class wants to get involved in the campaign to make people aware of the dangers our planet faces. Look at the pictures of environmental issues in different parts of the world, and a recycling idea. Decide as a group which idea you think will be most helpful. Decide in your group the roles you need to create an awareness campaign.

Example: • The Aral Sea will disappear      (See relevant site on page 190)
              • You can recycle wherever you are; at home, school or
           outside. If each of us recycles, we can make a
           difference to our world.

Task 2

	In the listening lesson, you heard about using old rubbish to create art. Look at this picture from the site: www.ecoart.gr. Discuss as a group the things the artist used to create a piece of art.
Imagine an English-speaking friend of yours wants to start creating art from junk. Write a short note to your friend telling him/her what you know about this kind of art (you can get ideas online at www.ecoart.gr or www.johndahlsen.com). In pairs, decide what the steps to follow are to create a piece of art from waste and junk.

Make your own work of eco-art.
Step 1: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Step 2: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Step 3: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Step 4: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Step 5: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Step 6: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Self-evaluation

Activity A

Find the missing words about the environment for sentences 1-8 in the word square. The first letter of each word is given.

1. If you want to help the planet r…………… as much as you can.
2. Unless we reduce the p…………… we create, the world will face problems.
3. Another word for things we throw out is w……………….
4. Each house in Greece throws out a hundred kilos of r………….. each month.
5. If school kids put their l…………….. in the bins, the schools will be cleaner.
6. The Town Council collects all the old j…………… people throw in the streets.
7. It is important to keep our e……………………clean.
8. After the heavy rain, the camp was a real m……………. with litter and cans everywhere.

F	A	D	E	A	L	M	B	N	F	L	A
A	H	U	B	C	H	G	H	D	O	I	T
E	N	V	I	R	O	N	M	E	N	T	A
E	F	A	P	E	D	O	E	L	P	T	W
O	P	D	B	C	W	A	S	T	E	E	G
C	F	A	C	Y	D	I	S	L	F	R	S
D	R	I	G	C	J	U	N	K	R	U	A
A	P	O	L	L	U	T	I	O	N	E	T
E	F	I	B	E	R	U	B	B	I	S	H
C	H	A	D	L	F	A	C	S	F	A	S

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Activity B

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

a) We (have) …………… mountains of rubbish unless people become responsible for their environment.
b) If you want information about recycling, (ring) ………….. 801 11 111111
c) If someone (pollute) …………….. the environment, the police ( fine) ……. him.
d) Unless we all do something soon, the world (suffer)……………. from pollution.
e) People don't care about a problem unless it (affect) ……………… their lives.

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Activity C

Complete the following sentences with one of the words from the box

dawn time centre good laziness

i) She threw the wrapping on the ground out of ……………….
ii) The worst pollution is in the city ………………… .
iii) The problem of pollution will get worse over a period of …………
iv) People need to understand that a clean environment is for their own ………………..
v) There is no smoke or smog in the air just before ……………. .

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Self-evaluation

Activity D

Words connected with litter. Find the words connected with rubbish in the word-snake which are similar in meaning to the explanations in a-j.

a. What we put around a present
b. What lights a room
c. Where you find tomato sauce
d. Soft drinks come in these
e. Where you can put food for the fridge
f. A hard material made of paper
g. What you write a letter on
h. These are on the wheels of your bicycle
i. The supermarket puts food into these
j. Your aunt probably reads one of these each month

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Activity E

Match the verbs on the left with the words on the right

i) educate
ii) drop
iii) keep
iv) change
v) learn

a) clean
b) people
c) respect
d) litter
e) habits

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Now tick how well you can do the following:

	With difficulty	Quite well	Easily
✓ I can read a text and decide on a solution
✓ I can listen to a radio programme and follow instructions
✓ I can talk about the threat of pollution to our environment
✓ I can write a letter to express my opinion