Розмовна тема " Environment"

Environment

1. The environment is being threatened in a number of ways.
2. There is no doubt that we’ve done a lot of damage to the environment.
3. Through extensive building of roads and houses, we are destroying natural habitats for many animals and there is an increasing number of species that need our protection.
4. Our countryside is being ruined by fly-tipping.
5. It’s undeniable that getting rid of our rubbish is causing more problems because most of the landfill sites are full.
6. If we go on creating more and more environmental problems, we’ll just mess up the whole planet.
7. Our use of fossil fuels over the last hundred years or more has resulted in both air and water pollution.
8. We are using up the oil and coal very fast and we’ll have run out of them completely within a few decades, so we need to look for alternative sources of energy.
9. But our search for new energy sources could cause even more problems.
10. I can’t but mention climate change and global warming which is caused by industrial pollution.
11. These are only a few of the threats to environment.
12.  There are many, many more.
13.  We’ve been contributing to the problems for so long and it’s our own fault that we have to live with the consequences of our actions.
14.  Now we have to face up to our responsibilities.
15. I definitely think that governments can do much to help the environment.
16. They need to speed up research into environmental problems and introduce new laws to help the environment.
17.  Big companies must pay up if they break environmental laws.
18.  I’m convinced that we can make a big change to what’s happening to our planet.
19.  If we reuse or recycle our rubbish, we would make a difference.
20. We could drive bicycles instead of driving cars and we wouldn’t need so much fuel.
21. We could be careful about saving energy and just switch off our computers, TV’s and lights for a while.
22.  I’m sure we should join environmental campaign groups and teach people, especially children, what’s happening to the world to make right decisions in the future.