Before you start @ Check you understand the key words, ve ‘crust, biosphere, environment, avoid, lifeless, pollutants, self-destructing, breathe, means, restore, damaging ' © life on farth + environmental problems «lifestyles in cities — es he biosphereis the region of the Earth's crust and atmosphere where life exists. It includes our physical environment and a iological community of interacting organisms. We are among these organisms that cannot survive without the environment. The environment is an everyday topic in four schools and homes, but we aren't doing much about it. There are many examples of our destruction of the planet. Thousands. of lakes are already lifeless and we ‘continue putting toxic substances into. the atmosphere. These pollutants (acidic particles and solutes) end up on the land and in the water and become part of our ally diet, Every year we lose about 7 milion hectares of fertile land, We are also destroying millions of hectares of forests that produce the ‘oxygen we breathe. Our cities consume ‘and contaminate the ‘natural environment - they are like Se meme The World Around Us This week, Janet Baxter gives her opinion. @® Now r enormous parasites that need to eat everything around them to survive. We produce rubbish, consume rubbish and are surrounded by rubbish. We don't know what to do with it: we bury it, throw it in the seas, and we even send it to outer space! We continue ignoring these facts, ‘or blaming one another. And everyday we decide on the lives of millions of creatures that share the planet with us. According to the United Nations, by 2025 there will be around 8,300 million people on Earth (around 40% more than today). ee 500. oe 1000 1d the text carefully and check your “We have the means and the technology to restore the ecological balance. We also have the ability to research into ways of living without damaging our environment: energy sources, synthetic food, potable water and so on. To solve these problems we need to leave behind our superficial differences and lifestyles. The Earth is a unit of lfe. ‘What we do to our planet and to others shows what we are doing to ourselves. Our collective future depends on how we assume our individual responsibilities. What do you think? ‘6000 m 10,000" 2050 Escaneado con CamScannerChoose the topic that best matches each paragraph. , Paragraph | » Our environment ». The biosphere, « Our role in the environment, Paragraph 2 » Our cities are like artificial parasites. ». Land and water pollution. « Existing environmental problems. 3. Paragraph 3 a. There will be many people in 2025. ». We share the planet with other organisms. « The population continues growing. 4. Paragraph 4 2. We can solve environmental problems. b. We have good technology. « Synthetic food is necessary. oe Read and choose the correct word. 1. There are many lakes that are (life / lifeless). 2. Our technology can help us restore (ecology / ecological) balance. 3. The air we (breath / breathe) is polluted. 4. We throw (pollutants / pollution) into our rivers. Escaneado con CamScanneraunt) © Work in groups to make a list of materials that are bad for our environment. Mark in your list the ones that are indispensable and think of ways to recycle them. Ave there alternative materials to produce them? Complete the chart below. wieetiN Ways to recycle a Escaneado con CamScanner