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Adidas to make shoes from ocean garbage (9th July, 2015)

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Adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage floating in the ocean. The new trainer is part of a project to raise awareness of the serious problem of ocean pollution. Adidas has joined forces with an organisation called Parley, which is dedicated to protecting and preserving the Earth's oceans. Parley's founder Cyrill Gutsch spoke about his organisation's cooperation with Adidas. He said: "Our objective is to boost public awareness and to inspire new collaborations that can contribute to protect and preserve the oceans. We are extremely proud that Adidas is joining us in this mission…to show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic into something cool."

Garbage in the ocean is a huge problem. UNESCO estimates that in 2006, there were nearly 30,000 pieces of floating plastic for every square kilometre of ocean. Plastic debris kills over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals every year. Adidas used some of this plastic to make its new trainer. The sole of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses recycled ocean waste. This consisted of plastic and illegal fishing nets. Adidas says it will be releasing a new trainer made from ocean waste later this year. In another green initiative, the sportswear maker said it would be phasing out the use of plastic bags in all Adidas retail stores in the near future.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Level 4 or Level 5

Sources

http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/from-trash-to-treasure-adidas-designs-shoes-made-of-ocean-garbage/
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/27495/20150706/recycled-ocean-waste-adidas-parley-design-shoe-from-garbage.htm
https://news.google.com/news/story?cf=all&ned=uk&hl=en&topic=snc&ncl=dR-Rlxfsi_LAlMMzkJMcZh5SZBTWM

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice, drag and drop activities, crosswords, hangman, flash cards, matching activities and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. OCEAN POLLUTION: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about ocean pollution. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

sports shoe / floating / serious problem / preserving / objective / awareness / mission / estimates / square / a million / marine / mammals / sustainable / waste / initiative

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. RECYCLE: How can we re-use these things? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Recycled	Re-used
Mobile phones
Car tyres
Plastic bottles
Fridges
Magazines
Shoes

4. BAN: Students A strongly believe there should be a ban on plastic; Students B strongly believe this is silly. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. RECYLCED: Rank these with your partner. Put the most important things to be recycled at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• newspapers

• batteries

• plastic water bottles

• food waste

• old cars

• mobile phones

• clothes

• tin cans

6. OCEAN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "ocean". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Adidas has made a shoe from garbage at the bottom of the ocean.	T / F
b.	Adidas teamed up with an environmental group to make the shoe.	T / F
c.	The environmental group's main aim is to produce quality footwear.	T / F
d.	The group said the Adidas shoe was functional but wasn't so cool.	T / F
e.	UNESCO said there were 30,000 bits of plastic in the oceans in 2006.	T / F
f.	Plastic kills more than a million seabirds every year.	T / F
g.	Only the upper part of the Adidas shoe is made from ocean garbage.	T / F
h.	Adidas will begin to end its use of plastic bags in its stores.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	created	a.	stylish
2.	awareness	b.	waste
3.	joined forces	c.	issuing
4.	objective	d.	understanding
5.	cool	e.	withdrawing
6.	huge	f.	aim
7.	debris	g.	environmentally friendly
8.	releasing	h.	produced
9.	green	i.	enormous
10.	phasing out	j.	teamed up

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	joined	a.	of floating plastic
2.	protecting and preserving	b.	initiative
3.	Our objective is to boost	c.	something cool
4.	We are extremely proud that	d.	kilometre of ocean
5.	turn ocean plastic into	e.	forces with
6.	nearly 30,000 pieces	f.	the Earth's oceans
7.	every square	g.	materials
8.	made from sustainable	h.	Adidas is joining us
9.	another green	i.	future
10.	in the near	j.	public awareness

GAP FILL

Adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage (1) ____________ in the ocean. The new trainer is part of a (2) ____________ to raise awareness of the serious problem of ocean pollution. Adidas has joined (3) ____________ with an organisation called Parley, which is dedicated to protecting and preserving the Earth's oceans. Parley's (4) ____________ Cyrill Gutsch spoke about his organisation's cooperation with Adidas. He said: "Our objective is to (5) ____________ public awareness and to inspire new collaborations that can (6) ____________ to protect and preserve the oceans. We are extremely (7) ____________ that Adidas is joining us in this mission…to show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic into something (8) ____________."

boost
floating
founder
proud
forces
cool
project
contribute

Garbage in the ocean is a (9) ____________ problem. UNESCO estimates that in 2006, there were nearly 30,000 pieces of floating plastic for every square kilometre of ocean. Plastic (10) ____________ kills over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine (11) ____________ every year. Adidas used some of this plastic to make its new trainer. The (12) ____________ of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses recycled ocean waste. This consisted of plastic and (13) ____________ fishing nets. Adidas says it will be (14) ____________ a new trainer made from ocean waste later this year. In another (15) ____________ initiative, the sportswear maker said it would be phasing out the use of plastic bags in all Adidas (16) ____________ stores in the near future.

mammals
huge
releasing
debris
retail
illegal
green
sole

LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	Adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage ______
	a. floated in the ocean b. floating on the ocean c. float in on the ocean d. floating in the ocean
2)	The new trainer is part of a project to raise awareness of ______
	a. the seriously problem b. the series problem c. the seriousness problem d. the serious problem
3)	Our objective is to boost public awareness and to ______
	a. inspire new collaborations b. inspire new corroborations c. inspire new calibrations d. inspire new corporations
4)	We are extremely proud that Adidas is joining ______
	a. use in this mission b. us on this mission c. us in this mission d. us in these mission
5)	show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic ______
	a. into some things cool b. onto something cool c. into some thing cool d. into something cool
6)	there were nearly 30,000 pieces of floating plastic for ______
	a. every square kilometre b. every squared kilometre c. every squares kilometre d. every squarer kilometre
7)	Plastic debris kills over a million seabirds and 100,000 ______ year
	a. mariner mammals every b. marine mammal every c. marine mammals every d. marine mammals each
8)	The sole of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses ______
	a. recycled ocean baste b. recycled ocean haste c. recycled ocean paste d. recycled ocean waste
9)	Adidas says it will be releasing a new trainer made ______
	a. from oceanic waste b. from oceans waste c. from ocean waste d. from oceanology waste
10)	phasing out the use of plastic bags in all Adidas retail stores ______
	a. in the nearly future b. in the near future c. in the neared future d. in the nears future

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Adidas has created a sports shoe (1) ___________________ in the ocean. The new trainer is part of a project to raise awareness of the serious problem of ocean pollution. Adidas has (2) ___________________ an organisation called Parley, which (3) ___________________ protecting and preserving the Earth's oceans. Parley's founder Cyrill Gutsch spoke about his organisation's cooperation with Adidas. He said: "Our objective is to boost public awareness (4) ___________________ collaborations that can contribute to protect and preserve the oceans. We are extremely proud that Adidas (5) ___________________ this mission…to show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic (6) ___________________."

Garbage (7) ___________________ a huge problem. UNESCO estimates that in 2006, there were nearly 30,000 pieces of (8) ___________________ every square kilometre of ocean. Plastic (9) ___________________ a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals every year. Adidas used some of this plastic (10) ___________________ trainer. The sole of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses recycled ocean waste. This consisted of plastic and illegal fishing nets. Adidas says it will be releasing a new trainer made from ocean waste (11) ____________. In another green initiative, the sportswear maker said it would be phasing out the use of plastic bags in all Adidas retail stores (12) _______________.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Where is the garbage floating?
2.	What does Adidas want to raise awareness of?
3.	Who is Cyrill Gutsch?
4.	How does Cyrill Gutsch feel about teaming up with Adidas?
5.	What did Cyrill Gutsch say it was possible to turn ocean plastic into?
6.	Who mentioned the figure of 30,000 pieces of floating plastic?
7.	How many seabirds does plastic debris kill every year?
8.	What is the sole of the sneaker made from?
9.	What else did Adidas use to make the shoes besides plastic?
10.	What will Adidas be phasing out in its stores?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Where is the garbage floating?	6.	Who mentioned the figure 30,000 pieces of floating plastic?
	a) the Mediterranean Sea b) in the Amazon river c) in the oceans d) in space		a) Adidas b) UNESCO c) UNWTO d) UNICEF
2.	What does Adidas want to raise awareness of?	7.	How many seabirds does plastic debris kill every year?
	a) ocean pollution b) its shoes c) foot health d) the benefits of swimming		a) a trillion b) a billion c) a hundred thousand d) a million
3.	Who is Cyrill Gutsch?	8.	What is the sole of the sneaker made from?
	a) the CEO of Adidas b) the head of Greenpeace c) a plastic bottle maker d) founder of Parley		a) leather b) sustainable materials c) fishing nets d) plastic bottles
4.	How does Cyrill Gutsch feel about teaming up with Adidas?	9.	What else did Adidas use to make the shoes besides plastic?
	a) inspired b) proud c) ecstatic d) sad		a) illegal fishing nets b) sand c) water bottles d) fish bones
5.	What did Cyrill Gutsch say it was possible to turn ocean plastic into?	10.	What will Adidas be phasing out in its stores?
	a) mammals b) nothing special c) something cool d) anything		a) sales assistants b) the use of cash for payments c) leather trainers d) plastic bags

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Newspapers

You think newspapers are the most important things to be recycled. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't so important. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): batteries, food waste or plastic water bottles.

Role B – Batteries

You think batteries are the most important things to be recycled. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't so important. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): newspapers, food waste or plastic water bottles.

Role C – Food waste

You think food waste is the most important thing to be recycled. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't so important. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): batteries, newspapers or plastic water bottles.

Role D – Plastic water bottles

You think plastic water bottles are the most important things to be recycled. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their things aren't so important. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): batteries, food waste or newspapers.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'ocean' and 'garbage'.

ocean

garbage

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

created
part
joined
boost
extremely
cool

2006
square
100,000
sole
releasing
bags

OCEAN POLLUTION SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about ocean pollution in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

OCEAN POLLUTION DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1)	What did you think when you read the headline?
2)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'garbage'?
3)	What do you think about what you read?
4)	How do you think the new trainers will sell?
5)	'Trainers' is British English; 'sneakers' is American English. Which is best?
6)	How much good will the new trainers do?
7)	How big a problem is ocean pollution?
8)	What else can Adidas do to boost public awareness?
9)	What would be a good name for the new trainers?
10)	How cool will the new trainers be?

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12)	How can the world get rid of the garbage in the ocean?
13)	How did the problem of ocean pollution become so bad?
14)	Why don't other companies make things from ocean debris?
15)	What kinds of trainers do you like?
16)	What are the alternatives to plastic?
17)	How would we survive without plastic?
18)	Are green initiatives from companies really "look good" PR campaigns?
19)	What do you think of stores that no longer use plastic bags?
20)	What questions would you like to ask Adidas' boss?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

Adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage (1) ____ in the ocean. The new trainer is part of a project to raise awareness of the serious problem of ocean pollution. Adidas has joined (2) ____ with an organisation called Parley, which is dedicated (3) ____ protecting and preserving the Earth's oceans. Parley's founder Cyrill Gutsch spoke about his organisation's (4) ____ with Adidas. He said: "Our objective is to boost public awareness and to inspire new collaborations that can contribute to protect and preserve the oceans. We are extremely (5) ____ that Adidas is joining us in this mission…to show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic into something (6) ____."

Garbage in the ocean is a huge problem. UNESCO (7) ____ that in 2006, there were nearly 30,000 pieces of floating plastic for every square kilometre of ocean. Plastic (8) ____ kills over a million seabirds and 100,000 (9) ____ mammals every year. Adidas used some of this plastic to make its new trainer. The (10) ____ of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses recycled ocean waste. This consisted of plastic and illegal fishing nets. Adidas says it will be (11) ____ a new trainer made from ocean waste later this year. In another green initiative, the sportswear maker said it would be phasing (12) ____ the use of plastic bags in all Adidas retail stores in the near future.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	flotation	(b)	floats	(c)	floating	(d)	float
2.	(a)	forces	(b)	farces	(c)	forges	(d)	forrays
3.	(a)	to	(b)	at	(c)	of	(d)	by
4.	(a)	cooperation	(b)	corporation	(c)	compensation	(d)	constipation
5.	(a)	prides	(b)	pride	(c)	proudly	(d)	proud
6.	(a)	temperate	(b)	freezing	(c)	cold	(d)	cool
7.	(a)	estimates	(b)	reckoners	(c)	counts	(d)	totals
8.	(a)	vis-a-vis	(b)	Chablis	(c)	hubris	(d)	debris
9.	(a)	marine	(b)	marinated	(c)	mariner	(d)	marinade
10.	(a)	soul	(b)	sole	(c)	sail	(d)	soil
11.	(a)	release	(b)	releasing	(c)	released	(d)	releases
12.	(a)	out	(b)	in	(c)	up	(d)	down

SPELLING

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2.	his organisation's aptcioroone with Adidas
3.	Our ijvtecebo is to…
4.	inspire new nslooalibtcaor
5.	protect and veerpser the oceans
6.	Adidas is joining us in this smsiino
Paragraph 2
7.	UNESCO tisematse that in 2006…
8.	Plastic brdise kills over a million seabirds
9.	100,000 marine mmmsaal
10.	made from nbustielaas materials
11.	another green nteviiaiti
12.	hgisnpa out the use of plastic bags

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

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( )	maker said it would be phasing out the use of plastic bags in all Adidas retail stores in the near future.
( )	forces with an organisation called Parley, which is dedicated to protecting and
( 1 )	Adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage floating in the ocean. The new trainer is part
( )	with Adidas. He said: "Our objective is to boost public awareness and to inspire new collaborations that can
( )	Garbage in the ocean is a huge problem. UNESCO estimates that in 2006, there were nearly 30,000 pieces of
( )	floating plastic for every square kilometre of ocean. Plastic debris kills over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine
( )	releasing a new trainer made from ocean waste later this year. In another green initiative, the sportswear
( )	contribute to protect and preserve the oceans. We are extremely proud that Adidas is joining
( )	of a project to raise awareness of the serious problem of ocean pollution. Adidas has joined
( )	recycled ocean waste. This consisted of plastic and illegal fishing nets. Adidas says it will be
( )	preserving the Earth's oceans. Parley's founder Cyrill Gutsch spoke about his organisation's cooperation
( )	us in this mission…to show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic into something cool."
( )	of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	of of problem pollution awareness serious ocean Raise the .
2.	Adidas Parley forces has organisation with joined called an .
3.	awareness boost is Our public to objective .
4.	that Adidas is joining us in this mission Extremely proud .
5.	cool possible ocean something is turn into It to plastic .
6.	30,000 there plastic , floating 2006 of nearly In pieces were .
7.	trainer new its make to plastic this of some used Adidas .
8.	materials of is sustainable sole sneaker from The the made .
9.	waste ocean from made trainer new a releasing be will It .
10.	out of in retail Phasing use bags Adidas the plastic all stores .

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage floated / floating in the ocean. The new trainer is part of a project to raise / rise awareness of the serious problem of oceanography / ocean pollution. Adidas has joined forges / forces with an organisation called Parley, which is dedicated by / to protecting and persevering / preserving the Earth's oceans. Parley's founder Cyrill Gutsch spoke about his organisation's corporation / cooperation with Adidas. He said: "Our objective is to boost / boast public awareness and to inspire new collaborations that can contribute to protect / project and preserve the oceans. We are extremely proud that Adidas is joining us in this mission…to show that it is possible to twist / turn ocean plastic into something cool."

Garbage in the ocean is a hug / huge problem. UNESCO estimates that in 2006, there were nearly 30,000 pieces of floating plastic for all / every square kilometre of ocean. Plastic debris kills over a million seabirds and 100,000 marine / marinated mammals every year. Adidas used some of these / this plastic to make its new trainer. The sole / soul of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials, while the upper uses recycled ocean waste. This consisted of plastic and illegal fishing nets. Adidas saysit will be releasing a new trainer made from ocean wasting / waste later this year. In another green initiative / invitation, the sportswear maker said it would be phasing / phase out the use of plastic bags in all Adidas detail / retail stores in the near / nearly future.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

adidas has created a sports shoe from garbage floating in the ocean the new trainer is part of a project to raise awareness of the serious problem of ocean pollution adidas has joined forces with an organisation called parley which is dedicated to protecting and preserving the earth's oceans parley's founder cyrill gutsch spoke about his organisation's cooperation with adidas he said "our objective is to boost public awareness and to inspire new collaborations that can contribute to protect and preserve the oceans we are extremely proud that adidas is joining us in this mission…to show that it is possible to turn ocean plastic into something cool"

garbage in the ocean is a huge problem unesco estimates that in 2006 there were nearly 30000 pieces of floating plastic for every square kilometre of ocean plastic debris kills over a million seabirds and 100000 marine mammals every year adidas used some of this plastic to make its new trainer the sole of the sneaker is made from sustainable materials while the upper uses recycled ocean waste this consisted of plastic and illegal fishing nets adidas says it will be releasing a new trainer made from ocean waste later this year in another green initiative the sportswear maker said it would be phasing out the use of plastic bags in all adidas retail stores in the near future

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

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thAdidas.Hesaid:"Ourobjectiveistoboostpublicawarenessandtoinspi
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rthisyear.Inanothergreeninitiative,thesportswearmakersaiditwould
bephasingouttheuseofplasticbagsinallAdidasretailstoresinthenearf
uture.

FREE WRITING

Write about ocean pollution for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

There should be a worldwide ban on the production and use of plastic. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the new trainers from Adidas. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. OCEAN POLLUTION: Make a poster about ocean pollution. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. PLASTIC BAN: Write a magazine article about a total ban on plastic. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on the marine environment. Ask him/her three questions about ocean pollution. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to solve the problem. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

T

c

F

d

F

e

F

f

T

g

T

h

T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	created	a.	produced
2	awareness	b.	understanding
3.	joined forces	c.	teamed up
4.	objective	d.	aim
5.	cool	e.	stylish
6.	huge	f.	enormous
7.	debris	g.	waste
8.	releasing	h.	issuing
9.	green	i.	environmentally friendly
10.	phasing out	j.	withdrawing

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	In the oceans
2.	Ocean pollution
3.	Founder of Parley
4.	Proud
5.	Something cool
6.	UNESCO
7.	A million
8.	Sustainable materials
9.	Illegal fishing nets
10.	Plastic bags

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

c

2.

a

3.

d

4.

b

5.

c

6.

d

7.

b

8.

d

9.

a

10.

d

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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