Part: You will hear a short extract about how Adidas makes shoes.

Write
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS and/or A NUMBER for each blank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJBRqespiOA

 More than ____________________________________ pairs of shoes are made annually. Those

shoes need a lot of resources.
 Creating new materials is not good for the environment so Adidas turns into a different source.
 The majority of ____________________________________ have consumed some forms of
plastic waste. Pollution on beaches and in the ocean is detrimental to both humans and
____________________________________. So, Adidas is striving to stop plastics from entering
the ocean.
 In 2015, Adidas partnered with Parley – an environmental organization. Theirs goal is to turn
pollution into sportswear. In 2019 alone, Adidas expects to make 11 million pairs of shoes with
____________________________________.
 First, Parley and its partners collect trash from ____________________________________ such
as the Maldives. It will then be sent to a processing plant where __________________________
are created after some steps including crushing, washing and dehydration.
 Then they are cut into small resin pellets. Those will be melt to produce a filament, which is
spun into the so-called Ocean Plastic – a form of ____________________________________.
 Adidas’s goal is to use recycled polyester as a substitute for _____________________________
by 2024.
 However, washing such clothing can create ____________________________________, which
might end up in the ocean.
 Adidas is also developing a 100% ____________________________________ called the
Futurecraft Loop. This kind of shoe is made to be remade. It is expected to be available in 2021.

KEY
1. 400 million
2. Seabirds
3. Marine life
4. Recycled ocean plastic
5. Coastal areas
6. Small plastic flakes
7. Polyester yarn
8. (all) virgin polyester
9. Microfibers
10. Recyclable shoe