~ ‘Speaking and listening - Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate ‘Let's talk about the ENVIRONMENT Environment: the natural world in which people, animals and plants live. What's the most beautiful place in your country? Why do you like it? Describe it. What's the ugliest place in your country? Why don't you like it? Describe it. Describe the natural environment in your country. (re there mountain, fields, forests, rivere? Ts it clean?) Whet kinds of pollution do you know? Which is the worst? Discuss in group Think of a place where there is no pollution at all. What is it? Where is it? What do you recycle? How can we recycle more? Talk about it. ‘Some people carelessly throw away rubbish wherever they go. What can we do about this? What are fossil fuels? Give examples. Where are they used? Can they be replaced? Somme factories dump waste water in rivers and ocean, ‘How can we prevent this? People throw away tons of garbage every day. How can we. reduce the amount of garbage? Do you drink bottled water? Why or why not? What is its effect on the environment? Traffic jams cause air pollution. How can we reduce traffic jams? Brainstorm. What happens to garbage. ofter it is collected? How and where do we get rid of it? “Honestly, T don't care. T won't be around in the future.’ Do you share this opinion? Explain. Big cities are often very noisy places. How can we reduce noise pollution? ‘Are you prepared to change your lifestyle to save the don't want to give up the Give examples. Is it used in Earth? How? Explain. comfortable life I have now. your country? Explain. Do you agree? Discuss. “‘T know we need to change, but I What is renewable energy? Pardon? Match British and American words Bre AmE bin gas(oline) cinema, dump Match dustman/bininan sidewalk electric car holiday ‘rash con | garbage dump ] lift garbage hydroelectricity lorry movie theatre incinerator pavement vacation nuclear power plant petrol elevator | recycling rubbish garbage man alan panel tip truck’ bine