06 Environmentally friendly

Pupil's Book, Unit 6 page 67 1 Listen and point to the things in Ela's house. Say the numbers. There are lots of reasons why I like my house. First, there are lots of beautiful things here. Above the stairs is a cool bulb. It's huge and it looks like it was made by a spider! It makes the house nice and bright. Even the small things in the house were designed carefully, In the living room, there's a plug that looks like the sun! In my bathroom, there are some cool things too. For example, the sink looks like a shell! When I wash my hands, I always think of the sea. Most of the house is very new, but in the bathroom above the shell sink there are some very old tops. They were my grandmother's - and they're more than 100 years old! I think that the most beautiful things in my house - or on my house?! - are the big candles in the garden on the roof. When I light them at night they look amazing. Another reason that I love my house is that it's very easy living there. For example, there are some big curtains in front of my house's big windows - and when you want to open or close the curtains, you can press a button! The most useful thing in my house is in the kitchen. It's the dishwasher. The dishwasher makes it easy for my family to wash the dishes! Also, my dustbin's connected to the kitchen. So when you throw something away in the kitchen, it falls into the dustbin outside! On Wednesdays, someone come to collect the rubbish. It's Wednesday today so there's a black bag of rubbish outside the house! My house is always very comfortable too. In the winter, the house isn't cold because of the heating. And in the summer, the house is cool too. That's because there's air conditioning in the bedroom and living room. Finally, I like my house because it's environmentally friendly. Most of our electricity comes from the sun!

Pupil's Book, Unit 6 page 69 1 Listen and repeat. There's a lot of water. We only throw away a few bags each year.

Pupil's Book, Unit 6 page 70 1 Listen to the podcast. Who always uses recycled paper? BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! Today's podcast is a debate: my brother versus my grandma. The question: When was life better for the environment? Now, or when my grandma was young? So first, let's talk about recycling. BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! These days, everyone recycles a lot, don't they? I always sort out my plastic and glass and so on. Then I take them to the area where the dustbins are, outside my flat. I recycle by making things out of old bottles too. But Grandma, you couldn't recycle, could you? No, when I was young, there weren't any recycling bins. But we made less rubbish too. We bought sweets in paper bags -today, every sweet is wrapped in plastic, and the sweets are put in plastic bags too. Then, when you pay for the sweets, they give you another bag to take them home in, don't they?! I think people today are better at throwing their litter away though. I never did this, but after picnics, people sometimes left their litter in the park. That made me so angry. . . BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! OK. Next, let's talk about travelling to school. Alex, since you started school you've travelled by car, haven't you? Yes, my dad drives me to school every day. The drive takes a long time because there are awful traffic jams. People should use more public transport like trains and buses. Then the roads would be less busy. People would save money too - Mum always says that petrol's very expensive when she fills up the car. When I was young, I walked to school on a beautiful path through the park. I didn't drive because my family didn't have a car. It was safe to walk because there were very few cars on the roads. And the air was cleaner then, wasn't it? There weren't many cars so there wasn't much pollution. BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! OK- let's talk about saving electricity. Grandma, go! When I was young, I didn't worry about the environment. But we used less electricity than young people now - we didn't have computers or big TVs or DVD players or mobile phones. I think that people today use much more electricity, don't they? Yes, but I always turn lights off when I leave rooms to save electricity. When I'm cooking with my mum, we always cover the saucepans. That helps to save gas, doesn't it? I try to help the rainforest too - so that fewer trees are cut down, I always use recycled paper. BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA So when was life better for the environment? Now, or when my grandma was young? Vote now to decide! 2 Match the words (1-10) to the pictures (A-J). Listen and check. A l walk to school on a beautiful path through the park. B Then I take them to the area where the dustbins are. C That helps to save gas, doesn't it? D People sometimes left their litter in the park. E There weren't many cars so there wasn't much pollution. F People should use more public transport like trains and buses. G I try to help the rainforest too - so that fewer trees are cut down, l always use recycled paper. H l recycle by making things out of old bottles too. I The drive takes a long time because there are awful traffic jams. J Mom always says that petrols very expensive when she feels of the car 3 Listen again. Which time was better for the sentences(1-6)? BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! Today's podcast is a debate: my brother versus my grandma. The question: When was life better for the environment? Now, or when my grandma was young? So first, let's talk about recycling. BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! These days, everyone recycles a lot, don't they? I always sort out my plastic and glass and so on. Then I take them to the area where the dustbins are, outside my flat. I recycle by making things out of old bottles too. But Grandma, you couldn't recycle, could you? No, when I was young, there weren't any recycling bins. But we made less rubbish too. We bought sweets in paper bags -today, every sweet is wrapped in plastic, and the sweets are put in plastic bags too. Then, when you pay for the sweets, they give you another bag to take them home in, don't they?! I think people today are better at throwing their litter away though. I never did this, but after picnics, people sometimes left their litter in the park. That made me so angry. . . BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! OK. Next, let's talk about travelling to school. Alex, since you started school you've travelled by car, haven't you? Yes, my dad drives me to school every day. The drive takes a long time because there are awful traffic jams. People should use more public transport like trains and buses. Then the roads would be less busy. People would save money too - Mum always says that petrol's very expensive when she fills up the car. When I was young, I walked to school on a beautiful path through the park. I didn't drive because my family didn't have a car. It was safe to walk because there were very few cars on the roads. And the air was cleaner then, wasn't it? There weren't many cars so there wasn't much pollution. BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA! OK- let's talk about saving electricity. Grandma, go! When I was young, I didn't worry about the environment. But we used less electricity than young people now - we didn't have computers or big TVs or DVD players or mobile phones. I think that people today use much more electricity, don't they? Yes, but I always turn lights off when I leave rooms to save electricity. When I'm cooking with my mum, we always cover the saucepans. That helps to save gas, doesn't it? I try to help the rainforest too - so that fewer trees are cut down, I always use recycled paper. BROTHER VERSUS GRANDMA So when was life better for the environment? Now, or when my grandma was young? Vote now to decide!

Pupil's Book, Unit 6 page 72 The fall of a Mayan city The Mayan king looked down at the city from his palace. He felt very sad. He could remember the brightly coloured pyramids and temples; the exotic gardens full of jaguars, pumas and parrots and the buzzing street markets with delicious food from all over his empire. It was one of the great wonders of the world. But now the city was silent and empty. And why was this . . . ? Many years before, when the king was looking for somewhere to live, he saw a big beautiful ceiba tree in the heart of the tropical rainforest. He decided that it was the perfect place to make his home. Just as he was about to leave an old man appeared from behind the tree. ‘We have always looked after the rainforest and you must too, ' he said. ‘Don't chop down the trees! Build your city somewhere else! ’ And he disappeared into the forest again. But the king ignored the old man's advice. ‘He's just a crazy old man, 'he thought to himself. And he built his city nearby. As the king and his people became richer and more powerful the city grew and grew. People needed more space to build their houses and grow their corn. So they chopped down more and more trees from the rainforest. Everything seemed perfect, until one day things started to change. At first it didn't rain as much as it usually did and the rivers became smaller and smaller. Then it stopped raining and the rivers dried up. The corn in the fields and the vegetables in the gardens dried up, too. With little food and water, the people started to leave the city. The king was very worried. ‘What can I do?’ he asked his advisors. None of them could give him an answer. Then he remembered the old man he met in the forest. He went back and looked for the tall ceiba tree. Eventually he found it but now it was standing alone in the middle of a desert. He sat under its branches in the shade. Suddenly, the same old man came out from behind the tree. ‘Look what you've done, ' said the old man. The king fell to his knees and asked, Please tell me - what should I do?' ‘Well there is a solution but it will take many, many years, 'the old man said. This time, the king listened carefully to every word. ‘If you plant two trees for every one you chopped down then maybe the rain will return and maybe the rivers, the plants, the birds and the animals will come back, ' the old man said, and suddenly disappeared, just like before. Quickly, the king ordered his people to plant trees where there was now desert. Slowly but surely, as the years passed, the trees grew, the rain came back and the rainforest filled with life again. First the animals and birds returned and then the people. The king was delighted. Before he died he made sure that the ceiba tree was always protected, so that his people would look after the rainforest.

Pupil's Book, Unit 6 page 74 2 Listen and read the text about urban ecosystems. Find the animals - do you know them all? Where we live An ecosystem is all of the living and non-living things that are in an area. Living things include all of the plants and animals and non-living things are the rocks, water, soil and sand. Examples of ecosystems are an ocean, a rainforest, a pond, a desert, a river, grassland or an urban ecosystem. As cities and towns get bigger, other ecosystems get smaller. This means that a lot of animals don't have anywhere to live and so they start to come into cities and towns to look for food and somewhere to sleep. Usually these are small animals like mice, rats and foxes, but in some cities there are some very unusual animals: Leopards in Mumbai Mumbai is a very big city and about 24 million people live there. lt also has a big park called the Gandhi National Park and this is where leopards and other animals live. But as the city gets bigger, the leopards are losing their homes. So, the leopards often come into town to look for food. Some people are trying to find a different place for the leopards but the animals don't like moving to different places. So for now, people and leopards have to try and live together. Peregrine falcons in New York Peregrine falcons usually live near the beach but when they started to die, people in New York decided to help them live in the city. Now New York has more peregrine falcons than any other city in the world. That's amazing, isn't it? They like living in the city because there are lots of high places to make their nests where they are safe and there is a lot of food to eat too. The people of New York and the birds live happily together. Did you know? Birds sing louder in citles. This Is so that they can be heard by other birds - they are talking!