SAVE ENERGY, SAVE LIFE
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The nation that destroys
its soil destroys itself
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Save Earth, Save Life
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My dear children
My dear children ,
I am dying, and I want to take one last opportunity to tell you how much I love you and how much your actions have hurt me.
I gave life to your parents and their parents before them. I provided you with the food you needed, with fresh water and with clean air to breathe.
The rivers and seas are my life blood. You have clogged my arteries with your untreated sewage and with chemicals from your factories. This has killed so much of the sea life which was there for your benefit.
You have been greedy. You have overfished and overhunted, putting at risk your food supplies and endangering some of my most beautiful creatures - the whales.
I can no longer breathe because you have cut down so many of my life-giving trees. Without their vital oxygen we will all die, but you put profit before our very lives, and my tears have now turned to acid rain.
My face is marked and scarred by your bombs and guns and my body is the burial ground for the victims of your wars.
I have said good bye to the many old friends who will soon be joined by others: the tiger, the elephant, the rhinoceros and the panda. Unless you act now to mend your ways, they will be joined by you and me.
Please help me!
Mother Earth
1.extinct
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
2.pollution
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
3.ozone layer
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
4.poacher
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
5.habitat
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
6.biosphere
f. the process of treating paper, plastic and metals so that they can be used again
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
g. the raising of the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels and increased amount of gases such as carbon dioxide
h. the natural environment of a plant or animal
9.endangered species
i. the act of cutting down large areas of forest
10. recycling
j. a species which is in danger of becoming extinct
11.global warming
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
12.deforestation
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
1.extinct
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
2.pollution
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
3.ozone layer
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
4.poacher
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
5.habitat
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
6.biosphere
f. the process of treating paper, plastic and metals so that they can be used again
7. acid rain
g. the raising of the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels and increased amount of gases such as carbon dioxide
8.nuclear power station
h. the natural environment of a plant or animal
9.endangered species
i. the act of cutting down large areas of forest
10. recycling
j. a species which is in danger of becoming extinct
11.global warming
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
12.deforestation
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
1.extinct
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
2.pollution
3.ozone layer
4.poacher
5.habitat
6.biosphere
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
2.pollution
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
4.poacher
5.habitat
6.biosphere
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
2.pollution
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
5.habitat
6.biosphere
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
2.pollution
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
6.biosphere
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
6.biosphere
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
6.biosphere
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
7. acid rain
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
6.biosphere
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
7. acid rain
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
8.nuclear power station
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
6.biosphere
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
7. acid rain
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
8.nuclear power station
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
9.endangered species
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
6.biosphere
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
7. acid rain
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
8.nuclear power station
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
9.endangered species
j. a species which is in danger of becoming extinct
10. recycling
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
6.biosphere
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
7. acid rain
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
8.nuclear power station
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
9.endangered species
j. a species which is in danger of becoming extinct
10. recycling
f. the process of treating paper, plastic and metals so that they can be used again
11.global warming
12.deforestation
1.extinct
2.pollution
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
3.ozone layer
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
6.biosphere
7. acid rain
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
8.nuclear power station
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
9.endangered species
j. a species which is in danger of becoming extinct
10. recycling
f. the process of treating paper, plastic and metals so that they can be used again
11.global warming
g. the raising of the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels and increased amount of gases such as carbon dioxide
12.deforestation
1.extinct
c. no longer existing, as an animal species
2.pollution
d. the damage done to air, water or soil by the addition of harmful chemicals
3.ozone layer
l. a layer of the chemical ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that block harmful rays from the sun
4.poacher
a. a person who kills wildlife illegally
5.habitat
h . the natural environment of a plant or animal
6.biosphere
e. the part of the Earth which contains all the living creatures
7. acid rain
k. rain that contains acid from industrial waste
8.nuclear power station
b. an electricity generation station which uses radioactive fuel to drive the generators
9.endangered species
j. a species which is in danger of becoming extinct
10. recycling
f. the process of treating paper, plastic and metals so that they can be used again
11.global warming
g. the raising of the temperature of the earth’s atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels and increased amount of gases such as carbon dioxide
12.deforestation
i. the act of cutting down large areas of forest
Keys: 1) a; 2)c; 3)d; 4)c; 5)a; 6)b; 7)b; 8)c; 9)d; 10)b; 11)a; 12)d; 13)b; 14)d; 15)c
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FQ & SQ: Fishing Questions and Shooting Questions
1. Are we facing some global environmental problems today?
2. What is happening to our forests? Why is it necessary to save the remaining rain forests?
3. Is the greenhouse effect a dangerous phenomenon?
4. Why are the seas in danger?
5. Should ecological education be introduced at schools?
6.Why is air pollution a serious problem?
7.Are people getting ecologically wise?
8.Why are nuclear power stations dangerous?
9.Should people recycle things?
10.What is the main cause of the greenhouse effect?
11.Should the ecological campaign be better advertised?
12.What will happen to our planet if the present trends continue?
poaching
industrial waste
car fumes
acid rain
sewage
water
oil spill
air
smog
deforestation
fertilizers
rubbish
soil
destruction
of habitats
pesticides
extinct
species
increasing t°
endangered
species
melting of
ice caps
increasing of the sea level
ozone depletion
greenhouse effect
ozone holes
UVR
ECO
HOUSE
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- How do they treat gray water? What kind of garden have they got? What kind of food do they prefer? How often do they use their car? Which ideas of the eco house are good/not good for Belarus? Why?
- How do they treat gray water?
- What kind of garden have they got?
- What kind of food do they prefer?
- How often do they use their car?
- Which ideas of the eco house are good/not good for Belarus? Why?
- Why is the house warm in winter and cool in summer? What kind of insulation do they use? What’s special about the windows? How do they keep food cold?
- Why is the house warm in winter and cool in summer?
- What kind of insulation do they use?
- What’s special about the windows?
- How do they keep food cold?
5. How is water supplied
- How is solar energy used?
- How is solar energy used?
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Home task
Your home task is to write about the best ecological solutions in a “green “house.
Be ready to speak and support your ideas.
