Big companies are producing too much plastic. And people just throw it away anywhere they want.
Words
- A cleanup is the removing of dirt, trash, rubbish, etc. from somewhere
- over 500 – more than 500
- to participate – to take part in something
- to go south – to become worse
- to get engaged – to become active and seriously try to do something
- policies – a set of ideas or plans about what should be done
- strewn with rubbish – covered with trash
Assignment
- World Cleanup Day is held each year. On which day?
- How many countries participated in World Cleanup Day this year?
- How many tons of plastic end up in the oceans each year?
- Finish the sentence of the volunteer (~0:45)
We see with climate change and global warming, it’s all kind going down south. So I think it’s time we all get engaged to …………………………………………………………………….. - The video shows cleanup day in two different countries. Name both countries.
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