a. Unscramble the words.

(Sắp xếp lại từ.)

b. Fill in the blanks using the words in Task a.

(Điền vào chỗ trống bằng cách sử dụng các từ trong Task a.)

1. A great way to reduce waste is to ___________ your food waste and use it for your garden.

2. _____________ is a serious problem in Brazil. The Amazon rainforest has lost more than 13% of its original size.

3. We need to find a _____________ to solve air pollution in our city.

4. We don’t need another ____________ for our city’s trash because it will smell.

5. ____________ production provides food for many people, but it uses a lot of the Earth’s resources.

a. Read the article quickly and choose what’s discussed in the article.

(Đọc nhanh bài viết và chọn nội dung được thảo luận trong bài viết.)

1. The benefits of replacing plastic with other materials

2. The problems we might have when trying to ban plastic

                                        Would Banning Plastic Help the Environment?

First, let’s talk about why we might want to ban plastic. Most plastic products will remain on Earth for hundreds of years, and we produce about 380 million tons of plastic every year. Only 9% is recycled, and the rest ends up in landfills, and oceans.*

Plastic pollution is one of our most serious problems, and many countries are thinking about banning plastic, especially single-use packaging. However, it would be impossible to ban plastic completely. The truth is, plastic is everywhere. Without plastic, you would need to buy water, milk, etc. in glass bottles or cartons. Your meat and fish would be wrapped in paper or leaves. Lots of food wouldn’t remain fresh for as long as when they’re wrapped in plastic, and we might waste more food. And while glass and paper can be recycled many times, we need lots of energy to produce them.

What about plastic that can be composted? If they can be composted, they should be better for the environment, right? Not really. This type of plastic can only be composted in industrial conditions. You can’t do it in your backyard!

So, the answer is, if we just replaced plastic with other materials and never reused them, it wouldn’t be much better for the environment. The best solution is to reuse everything as many times as possible and reduce our dependence on plastic.

*according to Plastic Oceans

b. Now, read the article again and answer the questions below.

(Bây giờ, hãy đọc lại bài viết và trả lời các câu hỏi bên dưới.)

1. How much plastic is produced each year? (Bao nhiêu nhựa được sản xuất mỗi năm?)

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2. What problem would we have if we stopped using plastic to wrap food? (Chúng ta sẽ gặp vấn đề gì nếu chúng ta ngừng sử dụng nhựa để bọc thực phẩm?)

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3. What’s a disadvantage of using glass or paper compared to plastic? (Nhược điểm của việc sử dụng thủy tinh hoặc giấy so với nhựa là gì?)

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4. Can compostable plastic be composted at home? (Có thể ủ phân nhựa tại nhà được không?)

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5. What’s the best way to help solve plastic pollution? (Cách tốt nhất để giúp giải quyết ô nhiễm nhựa là gì?)

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a. Read the sentences. Circle the correct words.

(Đọc các câu. Khoanh tròn những từ đúng.)

1. What would/have you do if you were a billionaire?

2. We will/would have cleaner air if we lived in forest apartments.

3. If we reuse/reused more paper at school, we can save lots of money and help the environment.

4. If we had/have recycling machines at home, we would reduce our plastic waste.

5. Some people think you will reduce your impacts on the environment if you eat/ate less meat.

6. We won’t/wouldn’t help the environment much if we don’t reuse and recycle more.

b. Write First or Second Conditional sentences.

(Viết câu điều kiện thứ nhất hoặc thứ hai.)

1. We want to ban plastic, but it’s impossible. Banning plastic will reduce pollution. (Chúng tôi muốn cấm đồ nhựa, nhưng không thể. Cấm nhựa sẽ giảm ô nhiễm.)

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2. There are no recycling bins, so we can’t recycle plastic now. We are going to put some around the school. (Không có thùng tái chế, vì vậy chúng tôi không thể tái chế nhựa bây giờ. Chúng tôi sẽ đặt một số xung quanh trường.)

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3. Livestock farming is the main cause of deforestation, but we can’t stop raising livestock. (Chăn nuôi gia súc là nguyên nhân chính gây ra nạn phá rừng, nhưng chúng ta không thể ngừng chăn nuôi.)

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4. I’m not a scientist. I want to make a machine that can turn plastic to energy. (Tôi không phải là nhà khoa học. Tôi muốn chế tạo một chiếc máy có thể biến nhựa thành năng lượng.)

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5. We have many landfills. A lot of the trash can be recycled. (Chúng tôi có nhiều bãi rác. Rất nhiều thùng rác được tái chế.)

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6. People litter and don’t reuse or recycle plastic enough. That makes the ocean polluted. (Mọi người xả rác và không tái sử dụng hoặc tái chế nhựa đủ. Điều đó làm cho đại dương bị ô nhiễm.)

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Answer the questions in full sentences. Give reasons for your answers.

(Trả lời các câu hỏi thành câu đầy đủ. Đưa ra lý do cho câu trả lời của bạn.)

1. What do you think would happen if we had pills to keep us healthy and we didn’t need food? (Bạn nghĩ điều gì sẽ xảy ra nếu chúng ta có những viên thuốc để giữ cho chúng ta khỏe mạnh và chúng ta không cần thức ăn?)

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2. What would you do to protect the environment if you were a billionaire? (Bạn sẽ làm gì để bảo vệ môi trường nếu bạn là tỷ phú?)

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3. What would life be like if we couldn’t live on Earth because of pollution? (Cuộc sống sẽ như thế nào nếu chúng ta không thể sống trên Trái đất vì ô nhiễm?)

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4. What do you think would happen if your country banned cars in cities? (Bạn nghĩ điều gì sẽ xảy ra nếu đất nước của bạn cấm ô tô ở các thành phố?)

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