Think globally, act locally!

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Save the planet 
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More and more people all over the world realize that global ------------------
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(warm) is real and a serious problem. Almost everyone agrees that the
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Earth's climate has begun to change, as reported by ---------------- (science)
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and experts in newspapers, TV programs, and magazines. The summers are
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hotter. The winters are warmer. As a result, glaciers have become smaller. If
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this continues, there could be water ------------------ (short) in the future in
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Europe and the Americas. In addition, scientists believe deserts will grow
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much --------------- (large) in some parts of the world, which means areas of
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Africa, China, and the Middle East will have little or no water to grow food.
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Storms will become worse too. Although we haven't seen many big ----------
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 yet, our children and our children's children could live in
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a very different world. They could face many problems in the future.
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Governments around the world have taken action to fight -------------------
 warming. Unfortunately, they need to do more. In
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addition, big countries continue to pollute --------------------- (heavy). All
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governments must  take -------------------- (act) with new laws to protect the
environment. They  must research and develop new ------------------------
(technology), such as wind and solar power. They must pollute -------------
(little) and reuseresources.
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2. WaterPollution
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3. Noise  Pollution
4. Land/  Soil Pollution
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Trash and factory
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Cutting down trees
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Traffic 
Factories’ fumes,
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Oil spills 
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Loud music, machines, vehicles
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Throwing (home)  trash
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 a. Breathing Disease
 b. Global warming
 c. Contamination of water
d. Fish and plants die
e. Hearing problems
d. Effects on the environment as well as human
health
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Are teenagers worried about our planet?

planet?recently did a survey. They wanted to know/know if

An online magazine
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teenagers were planet?
worried about the future of our planet. Most of them
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told/said that they were worried, but only a third were actually trying
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to do something
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people/ people
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we had to protect/ can protect wild animals.
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When the teenagers were asked about their own habits, many admitted
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they dropped/ had dropped litter in the past. The magazine
also asked the
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they wanted/had wanted to solve most of all. One teenager told/
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answered that she would save/ will save the world’s oceans because
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the animals that
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humans wouldlike it if someone dumped rubbish all over their homes.
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