Speaking and listening – Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate

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ENVIRONMENT
Environment: the natural world in which people, animals and plants live.

What’s the most beautiful What’s the ugliest place in your Describe the natural
place in your country? Why do country? Why don’t you like it? environment in your country.
(Are there mountains, fields, forests,
you like it? Describe it. Describe it. rivers? Is it clean?)

What kinds of pollution do you Think of a place where there is What do you recycle?
know? Which is the worst? no pollution at all. How can we recycle more?
Discuss in group. What is it? Where is it? Talk about it.

What are fossil fuels?

Some people carelessly throw Some factories dump waste
Give examples. Where are they
away rubbish wherever they go. water in rivers and ocean.
used? Can they be replaced?
What can we do about this? How can we prevent this?

People throw away tons of

Do you drink bottled water?
garbage every day. How can we
Why or why not? What is its
reduce the amount of garbage?
effect on the environment?
Traffic jams cause air
pollution. How can we reduce
traffic jams? Brainstorm.

What happens to garbage after ‘Honestly, I don’t care. I won’t Big cities are often very noisy
it is collected? How and where be around in the future.’ Do places. How can we reduce
do we get rid of it? you share this opinion? Explain. noise pollution?

‘I know we need to change, but I What is renewable energy?

Are you prepared to change
don’t want to give up the Give examples. Is it used in
your lifestyle to save the comfortable life I have now.’ your country? Explain.
Earth? How? Explain. Do you agree? Discuss.

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Pardon? Match British and American words
BrE AmE 1
3 4
1 bin a gas(oline)
2 cinema b dump
Match
3 dustman/binman c sidewalk 5 electric car
4 holiday d trash can
garbage dump
5 lift e garbage
hydroelectricity
6 lorry f movie theatre
incinerator
7 pavement g vacation 6
nuclear power plant
8 petrol h elevator
recycling
9 rubbish i garbage man
solar panel
10 tip j truck 8 wind turbine
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