1.Study the new words and word combinations. Put them down into your vocabularies.

*to buy smth loose

+
to use less packaging
*to use a short cycle in a washing machine
*to improve the ways we dispose of wastes
*not to leave the tap running
*to re-use a plastic bag
*to have pest control
*to use alternative fuels
*to boycott pollutants
+
to use public transport instead of private
*to avoid using chemicals to kill garden pests
*to keep paper for recycling (a recycling bag)
*to introduce stricter laws and fines
*to use green products
*more careful navigation
2. Match different parts of the table to talk about the effects of the pollution and
the possible solutions.
Model: There is a problem of pesticides in farming nowadays , it leads to (causes) contamination
of food and serious diseases. It can (could) be avoided (reduced, overcome, solved) by avoiding
using chemicals, natural pest control and using only green products.
Problems
Results
Problem solving
Low government priority,
Destruction of sea life,
-buying everything loose,
given to environmental
water pollution
using less packaging
issues
Overfull landfill sites
Global warming
Using short cycles in
washing machines
Pesticides in farming
Improving the ways we
dispose of waste products
Not leaving the tap
running
Damage to the ozone
Buying free range meat
layer
(eggs)
Emissions from factories
Re-using plastic bags
Natural pest control
Contamination of
Using rechargeable
food(soil)
batteries
Pollution from vehicles
Using alternative fuels
Boycotting pollutants
Waste piles
Using public transport
instead of private
Oil tanker accidents
Avoiding using chemicals
to kill garden pests
Serious diseases
Keeping paper for
recycling

Reduction of life span of

people

Introducing stricter laws

and fines
Using green products

More careful navigation

c) Make up conditional sentences using Conditional II and the following
word combinations:
1. factories not to emit poisonous chemicals global warming
2.to use green products to be healthier
3.to boycott pollutants- to pollute less
4 .to avoid using chemicals to kill garden pests less contaminated food
5. more careful navigation- oil tanker accidents
6. not to leave the tap running save 3 liters of water per day
7. to use public transport instead of private- do good for the environment
8. to throw rubbish- overfull landfill sites
9. to recycle more to cut rainforest
10. to introduce stricter laws and fines to pollute less
4. Reading

Pre- reading.
Do you do anything to be environmentally friendly?
Would you like to enter the Green Party of Ukraine? Why (not)?
Reading.
Read the text. Underline the names of environmental issues you meet in
the text.
Are these people criminals?
1
For a start, Julia Moores not just killing flies with that spray. By using it, she is helping to create
a hole in the ozone layer the gas screen which helps protect us from the dangerous rays of the sun.
The spray is full of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that eat up the ozone layer, which is
why CFCs should be banned.
2
The cooking pots are boiling over and wasting power. This means that more and more oil and
coal has to be burned and this causes pollution and acid rain. Acid rain has already killed more than
half of Germanys trees.
3
The vegetables you can see have probably been treated with pesticides chemicals which kill
the small animals and insects mat live on them. They have also been fed with fertilizers which can
exhaust the soil and kill wild animals. The pesticides and fertilizers end up in our water which is then
polluted by them. In many shops you can now buy organic fruit and vegetables which are not treated
with chemicals.
4
The eggs Emma is eating come from battery farms which cause great cruelty to millions of hens
kept in confined spaces. Free-range eggs are more expensive but are healthier and are not as cruel to
hens.
5
The hardwood which the kitchen furniture is made of comes from the tropical rain forests, which
are disappearing as they are cut down to provide hardwood for the western world. Fewer trees means
more carbon dioxide in the air and this traps the suns heat and leads to the green-house effect a
hotter climate which melts ice, causes floods and drought and changes our climate.
6
The fridge is full of meat. Tropical rain forests are often cut down to provide space to breed
cattle to provide our hamburgers.
7
Julia doesnt always save her plastic shopping bags. Yet it is impossible to recycle them and
plastic can harm animals.

The Moores throw a lot of rubbish out but glass and aluminium cans can be recycled and used
again. They never keep anything for recycling.
9
Julias cupboard near the sink is full of washing powders and cleaners, many of which are
packed with things which pollute water. She always leaves the tap running when she cleans her teeth.
10
Out in the garden Derek Moore is spraying his plants with insecticides, which not only kill
animals and birds but can also harm human eyes and skin and are also related to birth defects and
cancer.
Post reading
1.Try to work out the meanings of the word combinations from the context. If necessary,
check your answers with a dictionary.
1.ozone hole (par.1)
2. Pollution (par.2)
3.acid rain (par.2)
4.pesticides (par.3)
5.free-range eggs(par.4)
6. green house effect (par.5)
7. to recycle (par. 7)
2. What do the words in italics refer to?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)

By using it (paragraph 1)
Which helps protect us (paragraph 1)
That eat up the ozone gas (paragraph 1)
This means that (paragraph 2)
Which are not treated with (paragraph 3)
Which are disappearing( paragraph 5)
To recycle them (paragraph 7)
Many of which are packed (paragraph 9)

1 In groups make up questions of different types with word combinations from ex.1.
2 Are the Moores really criminals? Discuss and vote.
5.Quiz Are you Green?
Work in pairs to see how green you are. Fill in the questionnaire yourself and then compare
your answers and final score with your partner.
YE
S
Do you re-use
1 plastic carrier
bags?
Do you buy
green
2
vegetables and
fruits?

N
O

SOMETIME
S

YE
S
8

Do you buy
rechargeable
batteries?
Do you buy soap
and cosmetics
not tested on
animals?

N
O

SOMETIME
S

Do you buy
glass (not
3
plastic)
battles?
Do you buy
4 free-range
meat?
Do you keep
5 paper for
recycling
Do you buy
vegetables and
fruit loose
6
rather than in
plastic
packets?
Do you use
short cycles in
7
your washing
machines?

1
0
1
1
1
2

1
3

Do you try to
save energy in
the home?
Have you ever
boycotted
pollutants?
Do you try to use
public transport
or ride a bicycle
as much as
possible?
Do you try to
avoid using
chemicals to kill
garden pests?

TOTAL
SCORE
Score 1 point for every YES.
More than 10 points : You obviously care about the environment and try to preserve it.
5-10 points : You are beginning to show more interest in the environment.
Less than 5 points : You dont seem very interested in being green.
6.Speaking.
a)making up dialogues
b) making resolutions about what well do to become more environmentally friendly.
7. H/A 1.Write a letter to your friend telling him what you and
your family do for the environment.
2. Get ready for the test.