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Ficha de Trabalho - Inglês
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Read the following text very carefully.
GREEN ISSUES
Young people today are more conscious of the environment
than ever
before. This is the rst green generation. !ut there are so many
di"erentgreen issues# there$s the greenhouse e"ect% acid rain% air
pollution% nuclear&aste% habitat destruction' some teenagers in
(ondon &ere as)ed abouttheir green priorities.
SOPI!" #$I &orry most about the rainforest. *e learnt about
it in Geography. Too
much is being cut do&n% for the benet of rich corporations.
It is di+cult toreplant &hen it is cut do&n% because the
nutrients in the soil are &asheda&ay. The forest houses so
many varieties of birds and other animals that donot e,ist
any&here else in the &orld. *hen they lose their home
theybecome e,tinct.
%&'!S" #(-t the moment &hat$s a"ecting us most is
the greenhouse e"ect% the
climate changes all over the &orld% reduced rainfall. igher
&ater level%things li)e that. It$s being caused by old fridges%
aerosols% cans' but I &ouldsay the main o"enders are probably
things li)e cars and old coal po&eredpo&er stations.
I use /0/1free aerosols. I li)e to recycle and things li)e that%
soresources aren$t &asted 2 cars% bottles% papers% maga3ines
and anythingthat I can nd that &ill recycle and that I don$t
need anymore. I believethere$s probably a &ind of change.
Spy Out (adapted)
&. Say if the following state)ents are true or false.
*orrect thefalse ones.
4. No&adays teenagers )no& nothing about the
environment.
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5. Sophie is very &orried about the rainforest because men
aredestroying it.
6. Sophie says the forest is the home for many birds.7. 8ames
isn$t a&are of environmental problems.9. e is pessimist about
the future.
+. Find in the text the words,exressions which )ean
4. a generation &orried about environmental issues:5.
prot:6. cut so that it falls to the ground:7. elements that give
&hat is needed to live and gro&:9. gives a place to live:;.
non1e,istent.
II
&. /rite the sentences below in the assive voice.
4. to have? the means% I ''.. >to recycle? more often.5. If
there ''.. >not@to be? any tra+c% our city ''.. >to be? a
much cleaner place.6. If the &orld ''.. >to run out? of
&ater% &e ''.. >to be? in
trouble.
7. If I ''.. >to see? someone )illing an animal% I ''..
>to tell? thepolice immediately.
III
*hoose one of the toics and write a co)osition of about
$2-(2words on it.
4. Ao you care about the environmentB *rite about &hat you
usuallydo to protect it.
5. Ao you li)e animalsB *hich is your favouriteB *hyB
