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Savvy Tokyo
Pre-Reading Questions:
- Do you use plastics when shopping?
- Do you eat meat everyday?
Vocabulary:
- pollution /puh-LOO-shuhn/
[noun] the harmful substances that cause damage to water, the air, etc.
Everyone in the community can help in preventing pollution.
- reusable /ree-YOO-zuh-buhl/
[adjective] able to be used more than once
One of the keys to a greener planet is using reusable materials.
- livestock /LAHYV-stok/
[noun] animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens
Livestock is one of the principal imports in their country.
- fossil /FOS-uhl/
[noun] part of a plant or animal, or its shape, that has been preserved in rock or earth for a very long period
Students often see fossil remains of animals in museums.
- energy /EN-er-jee/
[noun] power to do work that produces light, heat, or motion, or the fuel or electricity used for power
Windmills turn the energy of wind into electricity.
Global warming has been a huge problem and people aren’t thinking much about it. Japan’s Cabinet is planning some ways to give off zero pollution by 2050 and here are some ways to do that:
1. REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE
Avoid using single-use plastic bags and choose to carry around reusable things such as metal chopsticks or mugs and eco-bags. This might be hard at first but as you do it every day, it will soon be a part of your habit.
2. EVERYTHING COMES WITH A HIDDEN PRICE
In buying goods, always go for the best option in which you can use for a very long time. In this way, you don’t only help the environment by buying and throwing the same things many times but also save your money.
3. ECO-FRIENDLY TRAVEL
Airplanes fill the air with great amounts of pollutants. So, instead of going abroad, traveling by bus or train will help us enjoy a greener planet longer.
4. EAT LESS MEAT
The livestock industry also harms the environment by its process of feeding the animals we eat and the forest we cut off for its home. To solve this problem, set aside the meat and be the one who’ll eat the crops instead of the animals we eat.
5. GO AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS
The Climate Accountability Institute found out that 63% of harmful chemicals fill the air from just 90 fossil fuel businesses. By using renewable energy such as solar panels, we can help save the environment.
6. CHANGES START AT HOME
Practice what we want to see and preach what we practice. We can influence other people to fight climate change if they can see great results in what we do.
We only have one Earth so start making a great difference for it now!
True or False:
- Japan’s government is planning some ways to give off zero pollution by 2050.
- Airplanes fill the air with great amounts of oxygen.
- The livestock industry destroys the environment by its process of feeding the animals we eat and the forest we cut off for its home.
- Climate Accountability Institute found out that from just 90 fossil fuel businesses, 63% of dangerous chemicals fill the air.
- Using renewable energy for your home such as solar panels can help save the environment.
Vocabulary Check:
[noun] the harmful substances that cause damage to water, the air, etc.
Everyone in the community can help in preventing pollution.
[adjective] able to be used more than once
One of the keys to a greener planet is using reusable materials.
[noun] animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens
Livestock is one of the principal imports in their country.
[noun] part of a plant or animal, or its shape, that has been preserved in rock or earth for a very long period
Students often see fossil remains of animals in museums.
[noun] power to do work that produces light, heat, or motion, or the fuel or electricity used for power
Windmills turn the energy of wind into electricity.
1. REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE
Avoid using single-use plastic bags and choose to carry around reusable things such as metal chopsticks or mugs and eco-bags. This might be hard at first but as you do it every day, it will soon be a part of your habit.
2. EVERYTHING COMES WITH A HIDDEN PRICE
In buying goods, always go for the best option in which you can use for a very long time. In this way, you don’t only help the environment by buying and throwing the same things many times but also save your money.
3. ECO-FRIENDLY TRAVEL
Airplanes fill the air with great amounts of pollutants. So, instead of going abroad, traveling by bus or train will help us enjoy a greener planet longer.
4. EAT LESS MEAT
The livestock industry also harms the environment by its process of feeding the animals we eat and the forest we cut off for its home. To solve this problem, set aside the meat and be the one who’ll eat the crops instead of the animals we eat.
5. GO AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS
The Climate Accountability Institute found out that 63% of harmful chemicals fill the air from just 90 fossil fuel businesses. By using renewable energy such as solar panels, we can help save the environment.
6. CHANGES START AT HOME
Practice what we want to see and preach what we practice. We can influence other people to fight climate change if they can see great results in what we do.
We only have one Earth so start making a great difference for it now!
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| pollution | reusable | livestock | fossil | energy |
- People from provinces earn more money through __________ industry.
- The machine needed electrical __________ to make it work.
- We should use _________ things to prevent pollution.
- ____________ which came from factories are the number one cause of global warming
- Historians discovered __________ of unknown creatures on that land.