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1. Whal

things

in modem life

are ~ o n v n i n t · for you?

2. Would

you

be

willing

to

give

up

convenience for

the environment?

 

Have

you

been

doing anything

10

solve environmental problems?

  t s t is

 n

interview program about   u r r ~ controversial issues. Today s topic is

th

nvironm nt

What is

th

guest s main point?

Interviewer: Welcome to

Hot Seat

the interview

show

with tough talk and tough questions. Today

we re with

 ohn

Sanders, best-selling author

of a

controversial

new

book:   ive Up

Convenience Save

 oth r

Earth Welcome

to

our

program.

Mr Sanders: I m happy to be here,

Interviewer:

Now, in your book, you say that we will be

hated   future generations for not saving

 Mother Earth. Is that right?

Mr sanders: Yes. We re in crisis

l

  and

it s

a result of our

selfishness. We re

killing

our

own

mother for

a tiny

bit

of

convenience.

Interviewer: Killing

our own mother?

Mr Sanders:

We

consume ,

we waste, and we think it s

all natural. We understand this pace of devel·

opment is damaging the Earth, but we can t

give up our cars, our

convenience stores.

Interviewer: Yes,

right.

In your book

you

criticize

convenience

stores.

Mr

Sanders:

That s right.  hink of

all the electricity used

for the bright lights,

heating food and

cooling

drinks all

day and all night.

We pull oil from

the

ground-

burn it to make

electricity, pro

duce

  O

 

cause global

warming.

For what?

For a

lifestyle that

ruins

our health

and our

environment.

And we re

doing

no

ing about it.

Interviewer: Well,

do

I remember correctly?

Last

mo

in Brussels there was a United Nations

conference on -

Mr Sanders: Meaningless.

People

are slaves to a

convenience-store lifestyle. Everyone kno

it but no one has the courage to change

I for example, never use plastics. I grow m

own

chemical-free vegetables,

always tak

public transportation

lCl

-

Interviewer: That s not practical .

To

be honest,

it

sounds like you re just trying to sell your bo

Mr Sanders:

Not at all. To change this, everyone, an

I mean EVERYONE, needs to give up som

convenience

from

their lives. Start simple

more plastic bottles. Refuse to drink from

anything except glass. Until you give som

thing up, nothing will change.

Interviewer Oh, come on, the problems of the worl

are not going to be solved   me drinking

from a glass.

Mr Sanders:

All right. There are many other things

can do.

Interviewer: Yeah.

Mr

Sanders:

You ll find more ideas in my boo

Give Up Convenience Save

 oth r

Earth

available

ll

in

every bookstore.

(UtCK YOUR unDtRSTAnDlnG

1

What

is Mr. Sanders problem

with

modem life

2 Whal does Mr sanders believe we

should

give

3

Wtr{

does the

interviewer challenge Mr Sander

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Read these ltIree opinions.

PatMo

Mr. Sanders is right. We should

give up a lor of convenience in

order to save the Earth.

Roy

Mr. Sanders may be right hut

his ideas for solving lhe prob-

lems are

not real iSlic.

Cannon

Mr. Sanders is simply appealing

to

our

emotions in order to sell

books.

1

Match the supporting statements with the opinions. Write the numbers in the boxes.

Each opinion has two supporting statements.

suppo r t i ng

s t t m n ts

2

3

People have been saying things like

this for years.

Our

environmental

problems arc not

 

serious.

4

The rool of these problems is

economic. No

one will

change as

long as things are cheap.

Now

compare

with

a classmate.

What we really need is more

action from government.

5

We

should change our lifestyle

in

order 10 protect our Eanh.

We

all know .hat things like

plastics and automobiles damage

the environment.

6

He IS only tclling one side of the

story lO male

us

belie e him. He

ignores the

(nci

that modern

technology helps humankind.

Work in a group of three.   skyour parblers

you

agree with Pablo

you

agree with Ray

you

agree with Carmen

nswer

fo r each person I really agree  agree  disagree  really disagree

Is the environment in crisis? State your position and support your ideas.

Use new ideas in addition to the ideas above.

Your PoJIIIon

Which of these things

would

you give up to save

the

environment?

Yes

lIohyM

No

..............

TISSues

....... Plaslic bottles

....... Disposable chopsticks

....... Your car

\hybe No

.......

. Shopping

at convenience stores

.......

. Air con(Mloners

In

your house

your own Idea: ......... .

..

Interview

your

partner.

  sk

what

she

or

he

will give

up

and why.

eump. ,,'cc:,--::;c:,-c:

A: Would you give up tissues? B: Well, maybe but I don t kf lOlN what else I can use.