2. Usethequestionsabovetointerviewyourclassmate.Compareyouranswers.Discusswhatcanbedonetoimprovethesituation.

2. Matchthequestionsinex.2awiththeactionsbelow.

1. Washingtheminabowlofwaterinsteadwoulduselesswater.

2. Adrippingtapcanwastealitreofwaterintwentyminutes.

3. Collectanduserainwaterinstead.

4. Ifyoufillacupwithwaterinstead,youcouldsave10litresofwatereachnightandmorning.

5. Ashowercanuselessthanhalfasmuchwaterasabath–butnotifit’sa‘power’shower.

6. Whynotwaituntilyouhaveenoughitemsforafullload?

7. Tryusingbucketsofwaterinstead.

8. Didyouknowthatwashingmachinescanusefrom36to104litresofwaterperwash?Trytochooseawater-efficientwa-shingmachine.

3. a)ListentoLeah,aBritishteenagerwhospeaksaboutsavingwaterinherhome.Whydoesshethinksavingwaterisimportant?

b)Listenagain.Whichofthewater-savingrecommendationsfromex.2chasshebeenfollowing?

c)Lookthroughtherecommendationsagain.Studythediagram.

Whichofthewater-savingideaswouldyouliketoadopt?Why?

4. a)ReadtwosentencesfromLeah’sinterview.Comparethegrammarstructuresinthesentences.

IfonlyI’dstartedmuchearlier.

IfI’dstartedacoupleofyearsago,Iwould’vesaved

tonsofwater.

2. Repeatthesentencesafterthespeaker.Payattentiontothepronunciationofthecontractedforms.

2. ChangetheregretsbelowintoConditionalIIIsentencestospeakaboutlostopportunities/unrealpast.

E.g.IwishIhaddonemyhomeworkyesterday.–IfIhaddonemyhomeworkyesterday,Iwouldhavegotagoodmark.

1.Ifonlydinosaurshadn’tbecomeextinct.2.Iwishpeoplehadn’tdestroyedsomanyforests.3.Iwishcarbondioxideemissionshadn’tbeensobig.4.IfonlythebiodiversityoftheAmazonhadn’tbeenreduced.5.Ifonlyhumanpopulationhadn’tgrownsomuch.6.Iwishpoachershadn’tkilledsomanyrareanimals.7.Ifonlypeoplehadn’tpollutedthewaterintheoceansandseas.8.IfonlyhumanshadstartedthinkingaboutenvironmentatthetimesoftheIndustrialRevolution.

2. Readyoursentencestoyourpartner.Doyouhavesimilarideas?

5. A)SolveaMathsproblem.Leahbecameenvironmentallyawareayearago.Howmuchwaterhasshesavedcleaningherteeth?Howmuchwaterwouldshehavesavedcleaningherteeth,ifshe’dbecomeenvironmentallyawareattheageoffive?

b)Howmuchwaterwouldyouhavesavedifyouhadbecomemoreenvironmentallyawarewhenyoustartedschool?Countandreporttotheclass.

LESSON8:DREAMER

Communicationarea:speakingaboutsolutionstoenvironmentalproblems;expressingopinion;expressingcomplexideas

Receptivegrammar:participialconstructions

1. ReadaboutLiveAidconcerts.Howweretheyconnectedwithenvironmentalissues?Weretheyasuccess?

LiveAidwasaconcertheldon13July1985.TheeventwasorganizedbyBobGeldofandMidgeUreasacharitytohelpthe

peopleofEthiopia.FiveEthiopianprov-incesreceivedrecordlowrainfallsinthoseyears,whichledtodroughtandcropfailure.

Promotedasaglobalevent,thecon-certwasheldatthesametimeinWem-bleyStadiuminLondon,UnitedKing-

dom(attendedby72,000people)andJohnF.KennedyStadiuminPhiladelphia,UnitedStates(attendedbyabout100,000peo-ple).Onthesameday,concertsinspiredbytheinitiativehap-penedinothercountries,suchasAustraliaandGermany.Watchedliveby1.9billionpeople,itwasoneofthelargest-scalesatellitelink-upsandtelevisionbroadcastsofalltime.SuchfamousmusiciansasMickJaggerandDavidBowie,PinkFloydandQueen,MadonnaandPaulMcCart-

neytookpartintheconcerts.PhilCollinsper-formedatbothstadiums,flyingfromtheUKtotheUSbyConcorde.

Talkingabouttheeventin2001,oneoftheorganisersstatedthatwhileinitiallyithadbeenhopedthatLiveAidwouldraise£1mil-lion,thefinalfigurewas£150million.Hisef-

forthighlyrecognised,Geldofwasgivenanhonoraryknight-

hood.