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“Our Earth is Our Home”

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Every day we hear about environmental

problems:

  • Acid rain
  • Pollution
  • Climate change
  • The destruction of rainforests

and other wild habitats

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The environment is all the things we need to be able to live - clean water to drink , air to breathe and healthy food to eat.

We can’t live without

plants and animals.

They help to make the

soil, they clean the

water and air, and they give us all our

food.

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The world is our home and we want to see it clean and

beautiful.

At the same time we take from nature as much as we can.

  • We cut down forests
          • Build farms, houses, roads and

factories on the land.

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Chemical waste pollute river water, killing

wildlife .The pollution affects the health

of people and animals.

We make a lot of waste.

Some of which is TOXIC.

We pour toxic waste into

our rivers, lakes, seas and

oceans.

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ANIMALS IN

DANGER!

It is necessary to help wild animals.

Many of them are in danger now.

For example, pandas which live in the jungle and white bears which live in the Arctic.

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Dodo (Дронт)

The last of these large quiet birds died many years

ago

By the 1690s there were no dodos in the world.

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Acid rains are dangerous for

animals, plants, water and people.

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Forest fires are one of the greatest natural destroyers

of our forests.

Each year fires burn millions of hectares of forest all over the world.

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Rainforests are very dense, warm

and wet forests.

Rainforests are found on every

continent across the Earth,

except Antarctica.

They cover only 6% of the Earth’s

surface but yet they contain more

than a half of the world’s plant and animal species.

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The Earth has been getting hotter because we are producing too many greenhouse gases.

Because the Earth is

getting hotter, ice is melting.

Scientists say that in 2050

some parts of Great Britain

will be under the sea.

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  • We can recycle newspapers, bottles and metal cans.
  • We mustn’t cut down trees.
  • Feed birds in winter.
  • Protect wildlife, plants and trees. Keep all water

clean.

  • Don’t use aerosol sprays.
  • Don’t use chemicals in the garden.
  • Turn off the light when you leave the room.
  • Don’t cut wild flowers.
  • Try to avoid buying plastic. It’s hard to recycle.

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