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Making it easier
Read all the exercises before you listen to the audio.
Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know or don't understand in a dictionary.
Play the audio as many times as you need.
Play each part of the audio separately.
Answer all questions in the exercise.
Read the transcript after you have listened to the audio.
Making it harder
Listen to the audio before you read the exercises.
Only play the audio once before answering the questions.
Play the whole audio without a break.
Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
If you do not complete all the question, you can play the audio again.
After that, read the dialog to make sure that you understand all word in the audio.
What does the speaker mention about fuels like gas, oil, and coal?
They will eventually run out.
They are difficult to obtain.
They can be obtained cheaply.
They are important to the economy.
What point does the speaker make about recycling?
Recycled materials are often very expensive.
Recycling is a time consuming process.
Recycling saves energy in the long term.
Recycling methods are constantly being improved.
What is the main point the speaker makes about the Earth?
Its resources are being depleted.
Its minerals are important for farming.
It produces an alarming amount of trash.
It must support a growing population.
What is the main idea of this passage?
Countries should pass laws to increase recycling.
Humans should conserve the Earth's resources.
Many villagers have difficulty caring for their land.
Rich countries should provide assistance to the poor ones.
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The world that we live in, is the only world that we've got to live in. The environment which we live in is one which we make for ourselves. And the more we try, the better world we'll live in. It's all very well, thinking everything's okay at the moment. But, we need to work and we need to think about what's coming ahead. The generations to come we're t_ we're quickly running out fuels such as gas and oil and coal. We don't know how long they'll last for. But we do know that they are finite. So they will run out sooner or later. With things like that on the horizon. We need to be looking for more sustainable, sources of energy. Just, simply chopping down trees to burn wood, has such a vast number of consequences that, that need to be looked at very carefully before we can decide just how much we are able to get away with. When trees are cut down by villagers in poorer countries. They have no alternatives. They need to eat. Therefore they need to cook their food. They need to keep warm. And, wood is probably the only natural resource they have nearby which they can rely on. By chopping this down though they, expose the soil to the wind and the rain. And so it can get blown away and washed away. All the minerals which the trees were holding in, get leached out. And, all of a sudden the villagers find that they, have no fertile soil left on which to grow their crops. We need to teach people more about, the fragility of the earth. We need to work harder, to keep what we've already got. Whether we're talking about aluminium or tin, or glass, or plastic. We should recycle wherever we can. People say it costs just as much in energy to recycle as it does to make for new. But the point is, not the energy that's going into it. But the materials that are going into it. And any element, such as, aluminium or tin will run out sooner or later. It will be a lot more energy required to scavenge these things out of old rubbish tips in the years to come. Than if we actually try and make an effort to recycle everything now. I think for the sake of all future generations we should do what we can. And just put a little bit of extra time into our days to think about things such as that.