Close-up B2 Unit 8

No one is safe ... the hole in the ozone layer.

A sudden ...during the match left all of the players

and some spectators soaking wet.

Tammy is very ... recycling and takes paper, bottles

and cans to a recycling plant nearby.

How can we ... people from throwing away recyclable

materials such as glass and paper?

The burning of ... has had an enormous effect on the

environment.

When the polar ice caps melt, the extra water results in

rising sea ....

I can't stand living in the city! It's hard to breathe with

all these ... fumes.

In the winter, the lake near our house ...

Australia often experiences major ... , which ruin

farmer's crops and cause the death of animals

The ... of energy in the average home helps the

environment more than you think.

Greenhouse gas ... are a major cause of pollution.

In the presence of heat, such as that generated by

sunlight, water ...

How will we meet our energy needs when Earth

runs out of natural ... ?

A strong ... of wind blew away my umbrella!

....-friendly products aren’t very expensive

It was the ... rain that flooded the streets and

many homes

Most cars use ... petrol nowadays.

If you take away an animal’s natural ...., the species

might become extinct.

I really ... to forests being cut down for farmland.

Farmers put ... on their crops to make them

grow better.

'Pick up that sweet wrapper you just dropped, .... I'll

give you a fine.'

'Right away, officer!'

I ... the WWF organisation if I were you.

When water ... hot, it boils.

If they hadn't poured chemicals in the lake, there ...

fish in it.

If that fire spreads, it ... the entire forest.

... they invented a car that ran on water, would you

buy one?

If you want to do something, .... to the beach

clean-up day on Saturday.

People will get ill if pollution levels ...

' ...us if they knew that the lake water was

poisonous?'

'I hope so!'

'If you had a choice, what job ... ?'

'I'd go to Africa and help the gorillas.'

If factories don't want to harm the environment,

they ... better filter systems.

'The animals ... if their habitat was destroyed.'

'We need to do something now!

The animal rights group can't do their work ... people

donate money.

If the conservationist ... here, she'd know what to do

about the illegal hunting.

You can pick up the rubbish ... gloves.

'The wildfire ... if you hadn't lit that fire.'

'I said I was sorry

' ... those people, if they had known about

the drought?

'No, it was already too late.'

... the company pays the fine, they can continue

to operate.

If more people cared, they ... something about

climate change.

' .... solar-powered cars remain so costly, people

won't by them.

Yes, they should be much cheaper.