Speech W8 - Lesson 217

Choose the Right Answer
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. d
5. d
6. a

Listen and Answer the Question

- What have you done to preserve the environment?

Listening

Tom - Jane, is it a great know there are kids belong to serious institution that besides providing them a hight quality education, also teaches them the importance of preserving nature?
Jane - I so agree with you, Tom. I use actuality talking to other parents about the same thing the other day. And they're just as happy and satisfied as we are.
Tom - It's important that kids grow up with idea of preserving and taking care of the environment.
Jane - I was so impressed other day when I saw my five old boy separating recycled "boil"(?) irons.
Tom - Adults today would worry mutch more about the environment if they had previously taught about how important this is.
Jane - Well, we can recovery what has been lost, but at least we can save what we have left.

1)Why are the parents so happy with the kids education?

1. b

2)Why do they think it's important for the kids to learn about environmental preservation from the time they are ...?
2. c

3)What is one of the parents think about Adults today?
3. a


John - Alicia did you see what happened in the south?
Alicia - Yes, I did see it, John. It was horrible, and they keep showing on the news.
John - Lucky, the government has ... to help all the families has lost everything they had in the flood.
Alicia - Where I going to say might sound ... but these nature incidents are happening because of the deforestation and pollution, this is why we are suffering the consequences of global warming.
John - Thats so true, and areas been flooded is only the beginning.
Alicia - It seems like a continuing situation.
John - Well, It might be, in order to at least ...people should more conscious about not throwing trash in the streets. Most of the floods start up when ...
Alicia - Who knows sometime soon people might start really been concerned about the future of the planet.
John - Hopefully, because ...

4)What natural catastrofe are they talking about?
4. c

5) Why does Alicia think some natural disastres ... be happening?
5. b

6)According to the text, what is one of the solutions to avoid floods?
6. a

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