Talking about World Wide Marine Pollution
Want to learn more about the causes and effects of world-wide marine pollution and talk about it in English? Let us help you! Our interactive language unit with a dialogue and exercises will show you how.
Listen to the dialogue while reading the text.
I feel so bad when I see the videos of turtles and birds eating plastic.en
Me too. They become deformed or die because their stomachs are full of it.en
What can we do to help them? We aren't even close to the ocean.en
The biggest amount of plastic trash in the ocean actually comes from old fishing nets.en
But I love eating fish.en
I love it too. But maybe its time to eat less fish? And not use single use plastic bottles?en
I never understood why people buy water in plastic bottles if they don't have to.en
I don't get it either. Its so easy to bring my water bottle.en
Maybe I should write an article for my local newspaper and encourage people to use water bottles.en
That's a great way to become involved. If everybody just changes their habits a little bit, much can be changed.en
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Speak your answers to the dialogue (when it's your turn). Record your answers to the dialogue (when it's your turn). Then replay your recording and compare each recorded part to the original.
David
I feel so bad when I see the videos of turtles and birds eating plastic.en
You
Me too. They become deformed or die because their stomachs are full of it.
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What can we do to help them? We aren't even close to the ocean.en
The biggest amount of plastic trash in the ocean actually comes from old fishing nets.
en
But I love eating fish.en
I love it too. But maybe its time to eat less fish? And not use single use plastic bottles?
en
I never understood why people buy water in plastic bottles if they don't have to.en
I don't get it either. Its so easy to bring my water bottle.
en
Maybe I should write an article for my local newspaper and encourage people to use water bottles.en
That's a great way to become involved. If everybody just changes their habits a little bit, much can be changed.
en
Speak your answers to the dialogue (when it's your turn). Record your answers to the dialogue (when it's your turn). Then replay your recording and compare each recorded part to the original.
You
I feel so bad when I see the videos of turtles and birds eating plastic.
en
Ashlee
Me too. They become deformed or die because their stomachs are full of it.en
What can we do to help them? We aren't even close to the ocean.
en
The biggest amount of plastic trash in the ocean actually comes from old fishing nets.en
But I love eating fish.
en
I love it too. But maybe its time to eat less fish? And not use single use plastic bottles?en
I never understood why people buy water in plastic bottles if they don't have to.
en
I don't get it either. Its so easy to bring my water bottle.en
Maybe I should write an article for my local newspaper and encourage people to use water bottles.
en
That's a great way to become involved. If everybody just changes their habits a little bit, much can be changed.en
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