Become More Active - Listening Part (Exercises)

1.      If you have a partner talk about the text, If you do not have talk to your family or just think about the text and the questions.

Suggested questions:

-          Do you practice outdoor activities?

-          If you do. Do you think they benefit you?

-          Did you know you would have lower risk of getting ill if you became physically active?

2.       Think about how important the environment is for us. How many good things it gives us and how grateful we have to be to it.

Water: using less at home Water is a precious resource that needs to be used carefully. Water taken from rivers and lakes for human use has an impact on wildlife too. Find out how to cut your water use, save money on your water bills and help the environment.

3.       Listen carefully. You will listen a listening about water.

 

AUDIO: Water use it, do not waste it!

 

4.       Listen again and fill in the gaps in the text below. You will hear several times.

It seems it never just (1) ……… in our country but it pours.

We think there’s more water than we could ever need, but we have less water available (2)……………….. than Italy or Greece.

The water use of the average household is already enough for around 2,000 (3)………………..  every day and total household demand is forecast to rise even further.

We all need to act now to stop (4)…………………….

We can’t convert (5)…………….. that surrounds us into usable water without using huge amounts of energy and increasing CO2 emissions. The more water we heat in the home the greater our carbon (6)………………. becomes.

There are actions that we can all take that save water, protect (7)……………………………… and make little difference to our daily lives, like:

• not leaving the tap running when we (8)…………..our teeth
• spending a bit less time in the (9)…………..
• waiting until we have a full load and using a (10)…………….. temperature setting

To find out how we can all do more to save water, search online for Act on CO2.

Water. Use it, don’t waste it.

5.       Read the questions and think about the answers:

-          Do you usually take a bath or a shower?

-          Do you close the tap when you clean your teeth?

-          Does your family wait until they have full load? Do they use low temperature setting?

-          Do you think this is a worrying situation?

-          Did you know about it?

6.       Talk to your partner (or family) about the answers.  Are you going to change your habits? Does your partner (or family) going to change his/her habits?