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Do you know about any organizations in China or other countries that focus on environmental issues?
Friends of Nature (FON) is the oldest environmental NGO in China. We have been working for over a decade to promote environmental awareness about China’s most pressing environmental problems. It was founded on March 31, 1994 by Liang Congjie, son of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin. It was China's first legal NGO.
WWF (World Wildlife Fun) has been protecting the future of nature for more than 45 years, working in 100 countries.
Clean Up the World inspire and empower communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their local environment.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body first established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme. Its mission is to provide comprehensive scientific assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change.
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behaviors, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.
Do you know any special days of the year dedicated to the environment?
World Earth Day (April 22) is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
World Environment Day?
(WED) is celebrated every year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet?Earth. It is run by the?United Nations Environment Programme?
(UNEP).
World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water.
A Car Free Day encourages motorists to give up their car for a day. Organized events are held in some cities and countries. September 22 is World Car Free Day
Zero Emissions Day on September 21
ZeDay Guidelines are simple:
Don’t use or burn oil or gas or
coal.
2. Minimize (or eliminate) your use of electricity generated by fossil fuels.
3. Don’t put anyone in harm’s way: All essential and emergency services operate normally.
4. Do your best, have fun, enjoy the day!
Earth Hour 2017 was on March 25, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm in a location’s local time. Earth Hour 2018 was on March 24, from 8:30?p.m. to 9:30?p.m. during participants’ local time.
Earth hour in Beijing
Julie, a teenager who belongs to Millennium Kids, is visiting a class. Before listening, look at the exercises and discuss with your partner what you think the organization does. Then listen to both parts of the tape and see if you were right.
What do you think the organization does?
Millennium Kids is an international youth empowerment environmental organization.
An organization by kids for kids; concerned with the environment.
Four students in Australia; in 1996.
Listen to Part 1 of the tape again. Make notes of Julie’s answers in the chart.
Questions to Julie Her answers
What is Millennium
Kids?
Who started it? When?
To draw attention to the environment
The Horse that Saved the World
To explain why it’s better for the environment if we walk to school, ride bikes or go by bus.
Questions to Julie Her answers
Why was it
organized?
What play did they perform last year?
What was the
purpose of
performing the
play?
Planted trees
Developed activities that reduce, reuse and recycle waste
Planned ways to reduce recycle and reuse plastic bags.
Listen to Part 2. Tick what you hear in the left column. Then listen again and write down the projects the organization has done in the right column.
Methods of saving energy Projects that Millennium Kids have done
buy new electrical goods
buy energy-saving goods
plant trees
heat the house-when it
gets cold
stop using electrical
appliances
turn off appliances when
not using them
Top 9 rubbish items
1. Cigarette butts
2. Glass bottles
3. Plastic bags
4. Small pieces of paper
5. Plastic bottle caps
6. Glass pieces
7. Plastic straws
8. Soft drink cans
9. Plastic bottles
1. What can you
see in the table?
2. What does the
table tell you the
talk might be
about?
Part 1
Part 2
How Ian Kierman began Clean-up Australia Day.
Clean-up the World Day and Ian Kierman’s contribution to improving the environment.
2. Listen to the whole talk again. Notice the years that Tom mentions, what happened in these years and any other facts. Make notes in the table.
1987
Ian Kierman competed in a round-the-world yacht race
He was shocked at the pollution in the ocean.
1989
Clean-up Day for Sydney Harbour
40,000 volunteers; collected old car bodies, plastics, glass bottles, cigarette butts
1990
The first Clean Up Australia Day
300,000 volunteers
2001
Clean Up Australia Day
Most common kinds of rubbish: cigarette butts, glass bottles and plastic bags
1993
The first Clean Up the World Day
30 million volunteers in 80 countries
2001
Clean Up the World Day
40 million volunteers in 128 countries; cleaned streets, beaches, river banks and parks.
Year Event Facts about the event
How many plastic bags have you
used since this morning?
2. Where are they now?
3. Should we stop using plastic bags?
Plastic
bags
3.Plastic bags can not be degraded or broken down easily. They are polluting our environment.
1.Plastic bags can be seen everywhere, flying in the wind, hanging in the tree and floating on the river.
2.They help people carry things and store things. It is convenient to use them.
Why are cigarette butts and plastic bags problems to the environment?
What should be done about them?
Read it quickly and find out what the author’s
point of view about plastic bags is.
Plastic bags are another common form of
litter that is a danger to the environment.
Supporting ideas:
Plastic bags are made from non-renewable
resources.
2. Plastic bags kill seabirds, sea mammals and countless fish each year world wide.
Read Tom’s essay carefully and make a summary for each paragraph, and then fill in the following table.
Cigarette buts and plastic bags are a serious environmental problem.
Butts are small but are still bad for the environment.
1.1600 billion cigarettes are smoked each year in China. Many of these become litter.
2. 4.5 trillion butts are littered every year in the world.
3. Butts are ugly.
4. Butts contain toxic chemicals. These get into the water supply. These decrease the quality of the water and endanger living things.
5. Butts take up to 5 years to break down, so the toxic chemicals add up to a great amount.
Para. 1 Point of view
Para. 2 First point of the argument
Evidence
Plastic bags are a danger to the environment.
1.Plastic bags are made from non-renewable resources. If they are not recycled, these resources are lost to us.
2.In china, 2 billion plastic bags are used every day.
3.Plastic bags last from 20 to 1,000 years in the environment.
…
The environment would be less polluted if we cleaned up cigarette butts and plastic bags. The best solution would be not to smoke or use plastic bags at all.
Para.
3 Second point of the argument
Evidence
Para.
4 Point of view
Discuss the environmental problems that concern people most in groups of four. List as many environment topics as possible, and then write them on a piece of paper.
air pollution
water pollution
light pollution
noise pollution
rubbish pollution
plant trees
sort garbage
drive fuel-efficient cars
use the energy-saving lights
Discuss the ways to be environmentalists.
Make a dialogue with your partner.
…
A: We are going to do some research on the
pollution of the Pearl River. Do you have
any idea about it?
B: Since pollution is one of the biggest
problems in the world, I’m sure a lot of
people are interested in this topic.
C: Polluted water is a great danger to
people’s health, so I think our work is very
meaningful.
Sample dialogue
A: And we can visit some factories along the
river.
B: Good idea, because factories always
pollute the environment by pouring waste
water directly into rivers.
A: We can also borrow some books on this
topic.
B and C: OK. Let’s go to the library now.
Choose one topic about the environment that you feel strongly about. Make notes on your topic using headings similar to the table in the reading task. Use the passage as a model.
Write out the thesis statement. (point of view)
Write out the topic sentence of the first body paragraph.
Give the supporting points and details about the first subtopic.
Write out the topic sentence of the second body paragraph.
Give the supporting points and details about the second subtopic.
State again the thesis statement.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
The last step
Writing tips
The Environmental Effects of Fossil Fuels
There is no doubt that fossil fuels bring a lot of good to us. But do you know that many of the environmental problems our country faces today result from our fossil fuel dependence.
Sample writing
The environment faces air pollution, global warming, acid rain, and several other very serious problems because of our use of fossil fuels has resulted in more than 25 percent increase in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of the main factors in global warming which is negatively affecting everyone.
Fossil fuels also affect water pollution, land pollution, and thermal pollution (heat pollution). Coal mining is one of the causes of pollution in the environment. After the mining is completed, the land will remain barren. Materials other than coal are also brought to the surface in the coal mining process, and these are left as solid wastes.
The production, transportation, and use of fossil fuels are to blame for the effects of pollution on the environment. Then what should we do? We should spare no effort to improve our environment. Please save energy and use fewer fossil fuels in our daily lives.
What should we do to save the planet?
Turn off the lights when you leave the room.
Turn off the shower while you are washing your hair.
Stop riding in cars.
Take your own bags when shopping.
Stop using paper napkins.
