WHAT ON EARTH’S GOING ON?

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURE

SPEAKING, PART 3. Environmental problems.

In this part of the text I want you to discuss together.

EXAMINER: I’m going to explain a situation to you. The children in a school class are preparing posters to raise environmental awareness in their area (situation)

Talk to each other about each image. Then decide which two of these pictures would be the most useful for the children’s posters (task)

SPEAKING, PART 3 USEFUL LANGUAGE

Which environmental

problems should be

included in the poster?

Which environmental

problems should be

included in the poster?

SPEAKING, PART 3

INTERLOCUTOR: Now I’d like you to talk about something together for about two minutes. TASK 1: First you have some time to look at the task.(intelocutor allows 15 minutes). iMAGINE .The children in a school class are preparing posters to raise environmental awareness in their area. Talk with your partner about which environmental probles they should include in the poster.

Task 2. Thank you. Now, you have about a minute to decide which two environmental problems people should have more awareness about children must show in their posters.

What can ordinary

people do to help solve

these issues?

What can ordinary

people do to help solve

these issues?

SPEAKING, PART 3

INTERLOCUTOR: Now I’d like you to talk about something together for about two minutes. 1.TASK 1: First you have some time to look at the task.(intelocutor allows 15 seconds)2.Imagine that you belong to an environmental group and you want to inform people of the environmental issues below. Talk with your partner about what ordinary people can do to help sove these problems.

2. Task 2. Thank you. Now decide which two issues ordinary people could do most to help solve.

Recycled paper

Dog messCarbon Monoxide

Rising sea levels Toxic effluent

Factory fumesExshaust fumes

Cigarette butts

Oil slick/spill

Dumping wasteLitter/rubbish

Household waste

FUMES-WASTE-RUBISH

ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS

RECYCLING CONTAINERS/BINSPUBLIC TRANSPORT

BOTTLE TOPS

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLYRECYCLE GFLOBAL WARMINGGREENHOUSE EFFECT

SOLAR PANNELSAEOLIC ENERGY

ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES

OTHER VOCABULARY:

-SUSTAINABLE ENERGIES: energías sostenibles-TO GET RID OF WASTE: deshacerse de los desperdicios-DAMAGING (ADJ): dañino-THE OZONE LAYER (/leier/): la capa de ozono-TOXIC-CONTAMINE: hacer que algo sea impuro por verter o exponerse a la polución. (POLLUTED≠CONTAMINED)