CLASS 24TH MARCH 2020 - ENVIRONMENT

Hi there! Here you are some activities on the environment to finish with unit 11. 

First of all, READING: read this brief text and do tasks 1 and 2.  

China has big plans to reduce single-use plastics by 2025. It is fast-tracking measures to cut the production and use of plastics in the next five years. By the end of 2020, non-biodegradable plastic bags will be banned in major cities. Food delivery and takeaway services, which use a lot of plastic, will stop using single-use plastic straws and cutlery. These will be banned nationwide. They will use alternative things, like biodegradable shopping bags.

Single-use plastics are a big source of pollution. They are a part of our daily life and throwaway culture. China wants to reduce overconsumption to reverse our use of plastics. Previous regulations on plastic use, in 2008, cut the production of 67 billion bags. The United Nations said all countries needed similar policies. It said the world cannot cope with the amount of plastic waste we generate, We must rethink how we manufacture, use and manage plastics.

TASK 1. Read the text and then go to the following link to do the online reading activity. 

Reading activity 1 (click here)

TASK 2. Read the previous text again and then match the halves:

Paragraph 1:

1. China has big plans to reduce
2. It is fast-
3. non-
4. banned in
5. Food delivery and
6. single-use plastic straws and
7. These will be banned
8. biodegradable shopping

• takeaway services
• bags
• cutlery
• nationwide
• single-use plastics
• major cities
• tracking measures
• biodegradable

Paragraph 2:

1. Single-use plastics are a big
2. throwaway
3. reverse our use
4. Previous regulations
5. the world
6. the amount of plastic waste we
7. We must rethink how
8. use and manage

• we manufacture
• on plastic use
• plastics
• cannot cope
• culture
• of plastics
• source of pollution
• generate

Check your answers on the text and study all this interesting vocabulary. 

Secondly, LISTENING 1: Green tourism in London. Go to the following webpage where you can continue practising with a nice video. There are 4 activities related to the video.

1. Predict information.
2. Watch the video.
3. Multiple choice exercise.
4. Revise the vocabulary.

Click on this link to start.

LISTENING 2: London's air pollution. Here's another website to practise on this topic.

1. Check you know the voculary.
2. Watch the video and answer the questions.
3. Practise the vocabulary.

Click on this link to go and start.

I hope you'll enjoy it!

By the way, I almost forgot! Homework for Thursday: do the grammar activities section 10A on your books on reported speech. I’ll give you the answers on the next post.