Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Earth Alert" (10 класс)

Earth Alert!
Environmental protection
This presentation is devoted to environmental issues

We make our own world
We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.


Cyril Connolly, English critic

What should we do to protect
the environment?

Reduce
amount of water we use
energy consumption
burning of oil & coal
rubbish
use of cars
paper consumption
excessive packaging

Reduce
old tins, shoe boxes, jars and bottles writing paper
fruit/vegetable peelings
water
old towels, sheets and clothes

Reduce
glass
aluminium
paper
plastic

Match humans actions with
their consequences:
Cutting down trees provides wood & paper and creates space for new roads & buildings
Genetically modified (GM) crops improve the quality of food
Power stations provide electricity for our modern lifestyles
Modern transport (e.g. cars, planes) saves us time & effort
They increase CO2 emissions, which cause global warming & climate change
It destroys wildlife habitats & increases the amount of pollutants in the air.
They may have negative effects on the environment
It congests and pollutes our towns/cities

Fact file
Polar bears may be extinct in less then 100 years
Sea level could rise by 100 cm in the next 100 years
UK winters could come 30% wetter by 2100.
The top fifteen warmest years have all occurred since 1998
About 60 acres of rainforest are lost every minute

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D Roosevelt

Remember
We never know the worth
of water till the well is dry
Thomas Fuller, English historian