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Name:________________________________________Date: _______________.
Grade: 8th___ Teacher: Juan Sebastián Galvis Gómez.

GUIDE #1

Expanding Knowledge » Changing Lifestyles

1. Listen Put the words in the correct order to complete the questions. Then listen
to the interview and check your answers.

You: big / is / how / your / eco-footprint? ______________________

Leidy: According to the test it’s very big.
You: you / can / what / do / to reduce it? _________________________
Leidy: Well, I can save water and energy.
You: reduce / you / can / how / your consumption of water?
_______________________________________________________
Leidy: I can stop taking long showers.
You: OK. It’s also important to reduce waste. you / what / do / do to reduce waste?
_________________________________________________________________
Leidy: Well, I need to stop buying so much packaged food.
You: Really? often / how / you / do / buy packaged food? ____________________
Leidy: Well, every day.

2. Write Label each picture with the questions. Then complete the answers with
expressions from the box.

save water- throwing away- using a private car- turn off the tap- reduce waste-
recycle old tyres

How can I save water?

What can I do to reduce waste?
What can I do with my old tyres?
How can I reduce my carbon footprint?

1. _________________________ 3. __________________________

It’s easy to a. ____________________. It’s time to d. ___________ . You can

For example, when you’re brushing compost peelings and leftover food. Stop
your teeth, you can b. _____________. e._____________________ everything.

2. __________________________ 4. ___________________________

Start riding your bike. Stop c. It’s easy to f.______________________ .

______________ . Then you can help You can make them into a nice planter
reduce carbon emissions. for your garden.
3. Write Label the pictures with words from the Word Bank.

Word Bank: peelings- crisp packet- magazines- batteries- plastic bottles

__________________ _________________________ ________________________

______________ _________________

4. Listen Listen and label the bins with the words from the Word Bank. Then listen
again and match the items from exercise 3 with the correct bin.

Word Bank: e-waste – recycling - organic waste - rubbish

5. Speak Work with a partner. Complete the chart. Use the words in the box
and your own ideas. You can use a word more than once. Then compare your
answers with the class.

clothes- a newspaper- plastic bottles- vegetable- peelings- photocopies-

mobile phones

What can you:

reduce reuse recycle
Water consumption glass a book

6. Read Read the article about eco-solutions given by kids from different parts of
Colombia. Label the paragraphs with the expressions.

Save energy- Save water- Reduce waste

Travelling Eco-footprint

Our ecological footprint follows us everywhere. When we travel, we have an impact

on the places we visit. Even when we go on holiday, we still have a responsibility to
be ecofriendly.

Learn to be an eco-friendly traveller by following this advice from local kids.

a. __________________________
Tanacio, from Sierra Nevada

I live in a Kogui community in Sierra Nevada. I take care of the rivers in the
mountains by using natural soaps to wash our clothes. Tourists can help to keep
our rivers clean by not using polluting cleaning products when they visit us.

b. ____________________________
Jerónimo from Palomino, Guajira

I help reduce waste in my community by recycling plastic bottles. When tourists

come, they buy a lot of water and throw away the empty bottles. Tourists can help
by putting their bottles in the recycling bins in our town.

c. ______________________________
Mayra from Valledupar

Valledupar is very hot, so it’s important to plant trees because they provide oxygen
and shade. We all plant trees near the house because they keep the area cool.
When you come to Valledupar, you can help by turning off the air-conditioning
when you leave your hotel room.

7. Read Match the facts to the paragraphs in the text.

1. There are about 35 rivers that come from the Sierra Nevada and they produce
one hundred thousand million cubic metres of water.
2. For every ton of recycled paper, we can save 17 trees.
3. The average time for a plastic bottle to biodegrade is about 450 years.

8. Speak Work with a partner. Use your own ideas to explain how to be a
green traveller.

When travelling, we can:

a. reduce carbon emissions by …
b. save water by …
c. save energy by …
d. reduce pollution by …