3 Our polluted planet

Chapter 3 Our polluted planet factories traffic roadworks smoke rubbish waste water and oil noise fumes A The children are at an exhibition about pollution. They are learning aboutpollution on Earth. Read. Air pollution is a big problem. Yes. Factories produce too much smoke. Water pollution is a big problem. Yes. People throw rubbish in the sea. Land pollution is a big problem. Yes. People throw away too much rubbish. rubbish Noise pollution is a big problem. Yes. The traffic makes too much noise. B What else is causing pollution? Act the children.

LEARN to Read C What makes Joe care about the Earth? Read and find out. Joe Liu was selfish. He did not care about the Earth. He kept his car engine running when he stopped at the side of the road. He spat on the pavement. He always used lots of plastic bags when he went shopping. One night, Joe had a dream. In his dream, he saw a man. The man looked very much like him, but he was thin. He was coughing too. ℃ome with me, he said to Joe. The thin man took Joe to a park. There was rubbish everywhere and the air was full of smoke. The trees were either dead or dying. Joe could not stop coughing. This dirty air makes people cough, said the man. Then the thin man took Joe to the beach. There were plastic bags and empty cans everywhere. The water was dirty and full of oil. All the fish are dead. Most of the birds are dead too, ' said the man. 'If people keep on polluting the water, all the animals will die.

After that, the thin man took Joe to the centre of the city. There's too much traffic. The traffic produces a lot of fumes. People who can take public transport ought not to drive their own cars to work. They ought to take public transport, ' said the man. Joe was shocked by what he saw. 'What can I do?' he asked the man. You can stop causing so much pollution, ' said the man. 'And you can tell other people to stop too. The pollution has made everyone very weak. If people keep on causing pollution, we'll all die soon. ' Just then, Joe woke up. He thought about his dream. 'What a horrible dream! ' he thought. 'I'm going to look after the Earth before it's too late! ' What can Joe do? D Answer the questions. Give short answers. 1 How did Joe pollute the planet? 2 Why was the man in Joe's dream coughing? 3 What kinds of pollution did the man show Joe? 4 What did the man say people ought to do? 5 What did Joe decide to do when he woke up?

Pre-tack Activity E The children from Welcome School want to make people more aware of pollution. Tom and Mary are giving out leaflets. What are they saying to the people? Act the children. Please don't keep the engine running when you are not driving. If we keep on causing air pollution, we won't have any fresh air to breathe.

Please don't dump things in the countryside. If we keep on causing land pollution, plants andanimals will die.