Speaking and listening –Upper-intermediate

Let’s talk about the 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.
you like it? Describe it. Describe it. (Are there mountains, fields, forests,
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.

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

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

Are you prepared to change ‘I know we need to change, but I What is renewable energy?
your lifestyle to save the don’t want to give up the Give examples. Is it used in
Earth? How? Explain. comfortable life I have now.’ your country? Explain.
Do you agree? Discuss.

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Pardon? Match British and American words
BrE AmE 1
1 bin a gas(oline) 3 4
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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