EC O GUI LT Y Lesson 3 .

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COMMUNICATION
Let’s watch!
1. Watch the video and then discuss the following questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLnejLIRNsQ
a. What is eco guilt?
b. Mention some of the things she avoids consuming
to take care of environment.
c. What is her suggestion as regards eco guilt?

2. Complete a survey on cco guilty.

HOW ECO-GUILTY
ARE YOU?
I committed a crime last Tuesday, which just happened to be Earth Day, a day that invites people to think about their eco-sins. I turned
on the shower, intending to get straight in even though the water takes a while to warm up. But then I decided to brush my teeth, and
suddenly the water had been running for over two minutes. By the time I got in, I was drowning in eco-guilt! I had wasted water…
Should you feel eco-guilty, too? Take the test.

Shopping bags Buying fruit and vegetables

• I have a reusable shopping bag made of recyclable
materials, which I always use when I’m shopping. (+4)
• I own several reusable shopping bags, but I often
forget to bring them with me. (-3)
• I always ask for plastic bags because they’re convenient.
They can be recycled, can’t they? (-4)
• I never buy fruit and vegetables at supermarkets. I buy organic
fruit and vegetables in markets or small shops. (+3)
• I buy some fruit and vegetables in a market, but the market is
more convenient. (-2)
• I shop at the cheapest places – who cares about eco-guilt, I feel
guiltier if I spend too much money on food! (-5)

Running water Washing towels

• I never leave the water running when I brush my teeth,
nor before getting into the shower. (+2)
• I’m allergic to cold water, so I have to leave the shower
to run for a while before I get in. (-2)
• I hate showers. I need a hot bath every day to relax. (-3)
• I wash my towels immediately after I use them. (-5)
• I use a towel for several days before I put it in the washing
machine. (+1)
• That reminds me, I must wash my towels! (+3)

Recycling Getting around

• I throw everything in the same bin. (-6) • I walk, use public transport or cycle because cars pollute the
• I sometimes recycle glass bottles, especially after a party! planet. (+5)
But that’s probably all. (-4) • I walk, use public transport or cycle because I can’t afford to
• I recycle all my newspapers, bottles, and plastic containers. buy a car. (-1)
(+5) • Vroom vroom here I come! (-5)

SO HOW GUILTY SHOULD YOU FEEL?

• Below 0: You should feel very guilty.
• 0–12 points: You should feel quite guilty.
• Above 10: You are too good to be true!

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COMMUNICATION
Let’s talk!
3. Discuss the following questions.
• How much does your concern about the environment impact your daily decisions or purchases?
• Do you recycle?
• Should people be required to provide their own shopping bags at grocery stores?
• Should plastic shopping bags be banned?
• Should buildings in your country be constructed using required guidelines concerning the environment?
• When shopping, do you choose environmentally friendly products such as energy saving light bulbs?
• If you could choose between more expensive but environmentally-friendly items or cheaper but less environmentally
friendly - items, which would you choose?
• Do you participate in any recycling program such as the curbside or dropoff recycling collections, curbside or dropoff
yard waste collections, hazardous waste collection program, or the computer recycling program?
• Write the top three ideas you have to make your city more environmentally friendly

GRAMMAR
Future tenses

Future continuous

We can use the future continuous (will/won't be + -ing form) to talk about future actions that:
• Will be in progress at a specific time in the future:
e.g.
When you come out of school tomorrow, I'll be boarding a plane.
Try to call before 8 o'clock. After that, we'll be watching the match.
• We see as new, different or temporary:
e.g. Today we're taking the bus but next week we'll be taking the train.
Will you be starting work earlier with your new job?

Future perfect

• We use the future perfect simple (will/won't have + past participle) to talk about something that will be completed before a
specific time in the future.
e.g.
The guests are coming at 8 p.m. I'll have finished cooking by then.
On 9 October we'll have been married for 50 years.

• We can use phrases like by or by the time (meaning 'at some point before') and in or in a day's time/in two months' time/etc.
(meaning 'at the end of this period') to give the time period in which the action will be completed.
e.g.
I won't have written all the reports by next week.
By the time we arrive, the kids will have gone to bed.

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GRAMMAR
Future perfect and Future continuous
1. Read some predictions that have been made about the next 20 years. Which ones do you think… ?
a. Are already happening
b. Are likely to happen
c. Probably won’t happen
d. How we will be living in 20 years… (or will we’?)

AT HOME
• Most people will have installed solar panels or wind
turbines on their houses or apartment buildings to generate
their electricity. People will be recycling almost 100% of
their waste (and those who don’t will have to pay a fine).
TRANSPORTATION
• Cars that use a lot of gas (e.g., SUVs) will have been banned
and many people will be driving electric cars. Low-cost airlines
will have disappeared and flights will be much more expensive.

THE ENVIRONMENT THE WEATHER

• Paper books will no longer be produced to save trees from
being cut down, and all books will be electronic. Fresh water
will be running out in many parts of the world and we will be
getting much of our water from the ocean.
• Temperatures worldwide will have risen even further. Many
ski reports will have closed because of a lack of winter snow
and some beaches and vacation resorts will have disappeared
completely. We will be having even more extreme weather,
and heat waves, floods, etc., will be frequent occurrences.

2. Look at the verbs in bold in the predictions. Which ones refer to…?
a. An action or situation that will be finished in the future b. An action or situation that will be in progress in the future

COMMUNICATION
Let’s talk!
1. Talk to a partner and say if you think the following preductons will happen. Explain why (not).
IN TWENTY YEARS…
• Most people in office jobs will b working from home.
• All private swimming pools and golf courses will have been banned.
• Most people will be using public transportation or bikes to get to work.
• People will be taking more vacations in their own country and fewer abroad.
• People will be retiring at 70 or even later.
• The teaching of handwriting will have disappeared from the school because students will only be writing on tablets or laptops.

2. In groups, create some predictions using future continuous and future perfect
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READING
Let’s practice!
1. Read about some predictions for the future. Then, complete the cloze.

2. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article

3. Create more predictions using these categories and future continuous and future perfect, then discuss what are the
differences ans similarities now and in the future.

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GRAMMAR
Future perfect continuous

Future perfect continuous

The future perfect continuous is a verb tense that describes actions that will continue up until a point in the future. The future
perfect continuous consists of will + have + been + the verb’s present participle (verb root + -ing).

When we describe an action in the future perfect continuous tense, we are projecting ourselves forward in time and looking
back at the duration of that activity.
The activity will have begun sometime in the past, present, or in the future, and is expected to continue in the future.
e,g,
In November, I will have been working at my company for three years.

Let’s practice!
1. Put the verbs into the future perfect, future continuous or future perfect continuous.
a. This time next week Helen ________________________________________________ (travel) to Brazil with her husband.
b. My friend ____________________________________ (wait) for me at the airport for an hour by the time the plane lands.
c. By the end of the day, the winners ______________________________________________________ (receive) their prizes.
d. My grandmother _____________________________________________________ (have) an operation very soon.
e. I know you won’t be asleep at 12.00.You _____________________________________ (play) computer games.
f. The mechanic ___________________________________________________ (repair) my car in the garage by the weekend.
g. Joanna ________________________________ (live) in Greece happily with her family for ten years by the end of the year.
h. Excuse me, sir, _________________________ you _________________________________ (finish) this by tomorrow?
i. We ____________________________________________________ (celebrate) Christmas in two months’ time.
j. By half past seven your father __________:______________________________________ (arrive) in Berlin.
k. Anna __________________________________________________________ (correct) exams for three hours by 6 p.m.
l. Pearl ___________________________________________________________ (not send) all these letters before dinner.
m. The children _________________________________________ (decorate) the Christmas tree at this time next weekend.
n. _____________________________ you ____________________ (repair) the Blu-ray player if I come at 8:00 to pick it up?
o. He ________________________________________________ (not return) from Moscow by Saturday.

GROUP WORK
MINI Show and Tell what are the most important changes you have made so far towards a Greener way
PROJECT of life and give some suggestions to your partners as regards ways to take care of the environment .

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