episode 21 The Environment

  • giving presentations on issues affecting the environment
  • learning how to express regrets about the past

Directions
Give a short presentation on major threats to the environment.


the most important:

  • Breathe in and out.
  • Speak slowly
  • Make eye contact
  • Look up and say what you need to say.

forget what I want to say >Stop, check then look up and say again

Threats to the Environment

  • If we manage the landfill improperly, the garbage leaks a lot of chemical substances.
  • Wind and water erosion cause topsoil loss.

Directions
Review the language of regrets about the past.


We should have protected the earth.
We shouldn't have allowed the environment to become so polluted.

Possibility in the Past
We could have avoided a lot of problems.
We could have kept the water and air cleaner.


Directions
Think about something you did to destroy the environment.

Directions
Evaluate yourself regarding the environment.