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The document discusses different types of pollution including air pollution, noise pollution, and chemical pollution. It provides examples of causes and effects of each type of pollution. Air pollution is caused by factory fumes releasing into the air, causing smog, acid rain, and holes in the ozone layer. Noise pollution is caused by living in noisy, overcrowded towns and can lead to health issues like headaches and deafness. Chemical pollution occurs when inflammable substances like paints and solvents catch fire, which can cause burns or skin rashes. Pollution has negative effects on both human health and the environment.

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Pollution Word

The document discusses different types of pollution including air pollution, noise pollution, and chemical pollution. It provides examples of causes and effects of each type of pollution. Air pollution is caused by factory fumes releasing into the air, causing smog, acid rain, and holes in the ozone layer. Noise pollution is caused by living in noisy, overcrowded towns and can lead to health issues like headaches and deafness. Chemical pollution occurs when inflammable substances like paints and solvents catch fire, which can cause burns or skin rashes. Pollution has negative effects on both human health and the environment.

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1)a) Label the pictures with the expressions from the box

Land pollution / water pollution / land pollution / noise

TYPES OF POLLUTION

b) What are the effects of pollution on the environment and on the people?
Look at the labeled pictures and complete the table:

headache Hole in the smog Disease / Chemical Skin rash


ozone layer sickness reaction

burn Breathing Acid rain stomachache deafness weakness


problem

Effects of pollution on people Effects of pollution on the environment

2)a) Now, with your partner read text1 and text 2 and find out the causes and the effects of each type of pollution

TEXT 1 TEXT 2
Because factories release fumes, the air people Living in noisy overcrowded towns has become
breathe gets polluted. Other well-known dangerous because everyday exposure to noise
effects of fumes are smog, acid rain and holes can cause headache, earaches and may lead to
in the ozone layer. deafness.
Text Type of pollution causes effects
1 -
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2 -
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b) Then, answer the question:
Why is the air we breathe polluted? (text 1)
 The air we breathe is polluted ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3)Read text 3 and text 4 and answer the questions:


TEXT 3 TEXT 4
Toxic substances found in the food we eat and the air Paints, solvents, glues are all inflammable.
we breathe accumulate in our bodies and result in poor They can catch fire and result in burns, skin
health like weakness, pains, aches disease and sickness. rashes or risky chemical reactions.

a)Find equivalent expressions from text 3:


Contaminated food = ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Polluted air = ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

b) Are contaminated food and polluted air harmful of our health? Justify.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c) Read text 4 and label the pictures:

…………………………………..
…………………………………………………….

c)What can happen when inflammables catch fire?


…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d)Connect the sentence parts with a linker of consequence:

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Inflammables can catch fire. They can be harmful for the environment
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- and people’s health.
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4)Circle the correct alternative:
Pollution is dangerous. (That’s why / Because / But) everyone has to take actions against it. For example:
 (Therefore / whereas / because) household chemicals are harmful, we must handle them with care.
 Batteries from toys, mobile phones and cars leak heavy metals. (Because / So / Can) they must be disposed of
properly.
 Moreover, people cut trees. (As a result / First / Because) many bird species disappear.
 Besides, plastic bags are a major source of waste. (Therefore / Because / will)
we should not throw them everywhere.

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