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Listening & Speaki
ng
Sample sentences for checking homework:
1. It was James who broke the window.
2. It was the little ants that destroyed
the whole building.
3. It is her grandma who brings her
up all these years.
4. It was the hope in his heart that
enabled him to escape from the
prison.
Answer key for Exercise 1 (P62):
1. An organization run by kids for kids
who are concerned about the environ
ment.
2. 1996.
3. Kids from all over Australia and fr
om other countries; they decide wh
ich projects to work on in the follo
wing year.
4. It teaches them about greenhouse gas
es and how they can cut down greenh
ouse gases by not travelling to school
by car so often.
5. You'd decide on an environmental
problem that you'd like to solve.
Then you'd work out a plan of
action that has all the steps needed
to solve the problem.
6. Planting trees at school or on
farms; looking after a piece of
land; developing activities that
reduce, reuse and recycle waste.
7. On the Internet / on their website.
8. Because she believes that if we
don't care for the environment, we
and future children won't be able to
survive.
Answer key for Exercise 2(P62):
Name of the organization
Its purpose
Time when it was set up
Millennium Kids
It's for kids who are concerned about the environment.
1996
Examples of
activities
a yearly conference; school
programmes eg a play call
ed "The Horse who Saved t
he World"; environmental
projects
Examples of
projects
Other
information
planting trees at school or on
farms
looking after a piece of land
developing activities that red
uce, reuse and recycle waste,
such as plastic bags
They have a website.
Listening text
The listening text is an interview bet
ween some students and an Australi
an teenager about an environmental
organization called Millennium Kid
s.
MILLENNIUM KIDS
Julie, a teenager who belongs to an
organization in Australia called
Millennium Kids, is visiting a class.
The teacher and students are asking
her questions about the organization.
TEACHER: Julie, can you tell us
about Millennium Kids?
JULIE: Sure. It's an organization
run by kids for kids who are
concerned about the environment.
STUDENT: How was it started?
JULIE: It was started by four
Western Australian kids who
organized a children's conference
on the environment in 1996. Now
we hold a conference every year.
Kids come to it from all over Australia
-- and also from other countries. It's
great fun. And we decide which
projects we'll work on in the following
year.
STUDENT: What sorts of things do
you do?
JULIE: All sorts. For example, we
have a school programme that helps
kids understand about greenhouse
gases. Actually, we perform a play
called "The Horse who Saved the
World". We teach kids that they can
cut down greenhouse gases by not
travelling to school by car so often.
It's so much better for our environm
ent if we walk, ride a bike or go by b
us, isn't it? (murmers of agreement).
STUDENT: Well, I already walk to s
chool so what else could I do?
JULIE: Oh, lots of things. You could
work on a project with your friends.
You'd decide on an environmental p
roblem that you'd like to solve - it ha
s to be one you think you can solve -
it might be something to do with nati
ve animals, trees, air, water or waste.
Then you'd work out a plan of action
that has all the steps needed to solve
the problem.
STUDENT: What are some of the pr
ojects kids have done?
JULIE: Oh, there are so many. Let's see
... planting trees at school or on farms; l
ooking after a piece of land; developing
activities that reduce, reuse and recycle
waste. Actually, at the moment, we're as
king kids to find ways of reducing, reusi
ng and recycling plastic bags - they are s
uch a problem.
STUDENT: Do you have a website?
JULIE: We certainly do. I'll write it
on the board later.
TEACHER: Well, Julie, Millennium
Kids sounds like a really good idea.
JULIE: Yes, I love being a Millennium
Kid. If we don't care for the environm
ent, you, I and future children won't b
e able to survive. That's a pretty good
reason to do something, don't you thin
k?
• Sample discussion:
Sa: Plastic bags can be seen
everywhere. Some people always
leave litter everywhere including
plastic bags.
TALKING (P63)
Sb: Yes. They shouldn't have done i
t. Sometimes we even find plastic ba
gs hanging on trees. They spoil the b
eauty of the cities.
Sc: Apart from the facts that you m
entioned, plastic bags are doing gre
at harm to the environment.
Sa: What do you mean ? Is it a very,
big environmental problem?
Sc: Yes.
Sb: Can you explain why?
Sc: First, plastic bags are made fro
m non-renewable resources.
Sa: Does it mean those resources
are lost to us if they are not
recycled?
Sc: Exactly. Second, plastic bags
pollute the soil because they can
hardly break down.
Sb: It sounds terrible!
Sc: The bad effects are more than t
hat. Plastic bags kill seabirds, sea
mammals and countless fish each y
ear world wide.
Sb: But how does this come about?
Sc: Plastic bags float easily in air
and water and travel long
distances. What's worse, when the
animals die and break down, the
plastic bag can become free again
to kill another animal.
Sa: It's time for people to do somethi
ng about this problem.
Sb: Yes. But how ? We have to face t
he fact that 2 billion plastic bags are
used every day in China. It's impossi
ble to stop it in one day!
Sc: Yes. But people can use fewer an
d reuse them.
Sa: So let's do it right now. And we sh
ould let more and more people know i
t.
Sb: Right. Hope everyone can do som
ething to it. Together, individuals can
make a big difference.
• Some common and unusual
ways to reuse plastic bags.
You can use plastic bags to:
● store and freeze food
● store clothing
● take things when you go shopping
● pack school lunches in
● carry things when you're out
● crochet a rug
● crochet a big bag
● create artwork
Answer key for Exercise 1 (P65)
Year Event Facts about the event
1987Ian Kiernan
competed in an
around-the-
world yacht race
He was shocked at
the pollution in the
ocean.
1989
Clean-up day
for Sydney H
arbour
40,000 volunteers;
collected old car
bodies, plastics,
glass bottles,
cigarette butts
1990
the first
Clean Up
Australia
Day
300,000 volunteers
2001
Clean
Up
Australia
Day
most common kinds
of rubbish: cigarette
butts, glass bottles
and plastic bags
1993the first
Clean Up
the World
30 million
volunteers in 80
countries
2001Clean Up
the World
40 million
volunteers in 128
countries; cleaned
streets, beaches,
river banks and
parks
CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY
Tom is giving a talk to his class about
Clean Up Australia Day.
Today I'm going to talk about Clean
Up Australia Day.
LISTENING TASK and
SPEAKING TASK (P65)
Clean Up Australia Day is one day in
the year when people get together and
clean up their environment. Clean Up
Australia Day started with this man –
— Ian Kiernan. Ian is a great sailor
and in 1987 he competed in an around-
the-world yacht race.
When he was sailing in this race, he
was shocked at the pollution in the w
orld's oceans. There was rubbish flo
ating everywhere. So when he got ba
ck to Sydney he started organizing a
clean-up day for Sydney Harbour.
In 1989, 40,000 people volunteered to c
lean up the harbor. They collected ton
nes of old car bodies, plastics of all kin
ds, glass bottles and cigarette butts.
It was so successful that lan organi
zed the first Clean Up Australia Day.
More than 300,000 people
volunteered to help the first time it
was held in 1990. After that in
March, every year, more and more
people help. Here's a table showing
the most common kinds of rubbish
found in 2001 on Clean Up Australia
Day.
You can see that the top three are
cigarette butts, glass bottles and
plastic bags. As much of the rubbish
as possible is recycled - about 20% -
and the rest goes to rubbish tips.
Clean Up Australia Day works
very well – there are now many places
that won't need cleaning this year
because they're still clean from the
last Clean Up Day. In fact, it has
been so successful that we now have
Business Clean Up Day, Schools
Clean Up Day, as well as Clean Up
Australia Day.
After he started Clean Up Australia
Day, Ian's next goal was to take his ide
a to the world. He got the support of t
he United Nations Environment Progr
amme and, as a result, Clean Up the
World started in 1993.
In Clean Up the World's first year
30 million people in 80 countries
were involved on a weekend in
September. In 2001, about 40 million
people from 128 countries took part.
They cleaned streets, beaches, river
banks and parks.
Homework
Prepare a talk about
“Clean Up China Day”.