https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=sW_7i6T_H78

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxt3EExgUE

A- Answer the following questions.

1. Do you like gadgets? Make a list of all gadgets you know/have/would like to have.
2. Are they expensive? Are they good quality? Do you use them for a long time?
3. What happens if your gadget breaks down?

B- Check that you understand the following words:

trash / to end up / CEO / a device / obsolete / dump / (un)sustainable / to fix / to predict / to

double / to last / landfill / to toss out / get something twisted up / a mine / to ship / to reveal / miscarriage /
waste (n) / disposal

C- Match words and definitions:

1. dump a. rubbish
2. device b. causing little or no damage to the
environment
3. obsolete c. to confuse something
4. sustainable d. a place where people are allowed to
leave their rubbish
5. trash e. to send something to a distant
place
6. ship f. machine
7. get something twisted up g. not in use any more

D- Complete the following sentences with a word from the box:

1. No one can _____________________ when spring will come at last.

2. They're travelling across Europe and are planning to ____________ in Moscow.

3. My grandfather used to work in this ________________________.

4. He didn’t want to ______________________ to the police where he had hidden the money.

5. She was depressed after another _______________________. She wanted a baby so badly!
6. The government aims to ________________ the number of students in higher education within 25

years.

E- WHILE YOU WATCH: Write down the answers.

1 What does it mean: ‘designed for the dump’?

2 What is Moore’s law?
A. computer processor speed could double every year
B. computer processor speed could double every 18 years
C. computer processor speed could double every 18 months

3 How did the bosses of electronic companies change Moore’s law?

A. every 18 months we have to fix our old electronics
B. every 18 months we have to throw out our old electronics and buy more
C. every 18 months we have to change computer processors

4 What did IBM find out about its employees?

A. workers making computer chips had 40% more miscarriages and were more likely to die from blood,
brain and kidney cancer
B. workers making computer chips had 40% less miscarriages and were healthier
C. workers making computer chips had 14% more miscarriages and were more likely to die from brain
cancer

F- AFTER YOU WATCH:

1. What problem is discussed in this video?

2. What negative effects does ‘designed for the dump’ strategy have?
3. Is there any information that really surprised you? If so, what?
4. Do you think Annie Leonard is right? Do you believe in what she says?
5. Is there anything YOU can do to change the situation?