Why you should leave every place better than you found it.
Read the article:
and complete the sentence gaps with the correct past tense:
A few years ago, fans 1. (watch) ______ a game when something unusual 2. happen) ______. Instead of leaving, they 3. (start) ______ cleaning the stadium after their team 4. (lose) ______. While other spectators 5. (head) ______ for the exits, the Japanese fans 6. (stay) ______ behind and 7. (pick) ______ up trash.
Many people 8.(not expect) ______ this kind of behavior because they 9. (never see) ______ anything like it before. By the time the stadium 10. (empty) ______, the fans 11. (collect) ______ several bags of rubbish.
It 12. (be) ______ a powerful example of respect, and it 13. (leave) ______ a strong impression on everyone who 14. (watch) ______.
Key: 1. were watching; 2. happened; 3. started; 4. had lost; 5. were heading; 6. stayed; 7. picked; 8. did not / didn’t expect; 9. had never seen; 10. emptied; 11. had collected; 12. was; 13. left; 14. watched
Glossary
- wary – careful or cautious because you think something might go wrong
- causation – a situation where one thing directly causes another
- to wind up – to finally end in a particular situation or result
Practice makes perfect
Fill in the gaps in the article extract with one missing word:
Rising sea levels 1. ……. slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long 2. …… average day lasts. And the current rate 3. ……. increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is unprecedented for 4. …… least the past 3.6 million years, a new study finds.
Most people 5. ……. for granted that a single day will last for 24 hours, not a second more 6. ……. less. But in reality, the length of any given day varies 7. …….. different reasons, including the moon’s gravitational pull on the planet and geophysical processes in Earth’s interior and at 8. …….. surface, as well as atmospheric conditions.
Incredibly, climate change is expected to have more influence over day length 9. ……. the moon by the end of this century, according to Benedikt Soja, the study’s senior author and a geophysicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
“Even 10. ………. the changes are only milliseconds, they can cause problems in many areas, for example in precise space navigation, which requires accurate information on Earth’s rotation,” he said in a statement.
The researchers behind the new study had previously found that climate change affects day length, as rising ocean levels—caused by the melting glaciers and the dwindling polar ice sheets—affect Earth’s spin. (…)
In order to read the whole article, go to: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-days-are-getting-longer-climate-change-is-to-blame/
Key: 1. are; 2. an; 3. of; 4. at; 5. take; 6. or; 7. for; 8. its; 9. than; 10. though
Discuss
- What do you think about the behavior of Japanese soccer fans?
- Do you agree that we should “clean up” even if the mess isn’t ours?
- What kinds of “messes” (not physical) do people leave behind in everyday life?
- What does “leave the world better than you found it” mean to you?
- Do small actions (like talking to someone or picking up trash) really make a difference?
- What do you do in your daily life to help the environment?
- What is one eco-friendly habit you have (or would like to have)?
- Do you think individual actions can help stop climate change, or is it mainly governments and companies?
- Why do some people ignore environmental issues?
- What are some simple things everyone could do to help the planet?
Watch and Revise!
Earth Day
Lessons from Japanese Fans & Bill Nye
https://www.cloud.worldwideschool.pl/index.php/s/A5rJHW9cTYtybML
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