B2 Why We Need to Stop Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans FOR GOOD

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"Stop plastic pollution in our oceans for good. Watch the video and then answer the questions" 

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Match the two halves to complete the sentences.

• sustains life.

• every day forever.

• killed by throwaway plastics.

• every minute, 17.6 billion pounds every year.

• mixing in the saltwater, and sitting on the ocean bottom miles and miles deep.

Our oceans

An abundant ocean can feed a billion people a healthy meal

But now they are being filled,

The equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped in the sea

Plastic is everywhere in our ocean, floating on the surface,

• Our oceans

• An abundant ocean can feed a billion people a healthy meal

• But now they are being filled,

• The equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped in the sea

• Plastic is everywhere in our ocean, floating on the surface,

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Match the two halves to complete the sentences.

• the ocean it never goes away.

• small pieces, but those pieces even the tiny ones called micro plastics are still plastic.

• choking on them.

• species are affected by it.

• and so do we, it's in the water we drink, it's in our food.

And once in

Over hundreds of years it breaks down into

Sea turtles are

Scientists say that over 60% of whale and dolphin

It's all plankton the base of the ocean food chain eat it,

• And once in

• Over hundreds of years it breaks down into

• Sea turtles are

• Scientists say that over 60% of whale and dolphin

• It's all plankton the base of the ocean food chain eat it,

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Match the two halves to complete the sentences.

• and sometimes even in the air we breathe.

• just once from a material that lasts forever.

• are already doing to our world brace yourself.

• in our and the oceans future.

• and the middle of the century than has been produced in all of history.

Micro plastics have been found in our salt, our honey, and our beer,

Companies are choosing to make something that will be used

If you don't like what throwaway plastics

We face a tsunami of throw away plastic

Four times more plastic will be produced between now

• Micro plastics have been found in our salt, our honey, and our beer,

• Companies are choosing to make something that will be used

• If you don't like what throwaway plastics

• We face a tsunami of throw away plastic

• Four times more plastic will be produced between now

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• times more.

• do?

• 2015 only 9% was recycled.

• then a floor mat, even in the best case it doesn't recycle it down cycles.

• that ruins our beaches and chokes sea animals forever.

Four

What can we

Recycling of all the plastic ever generated as of

Even when it is recycled, plastic degrades your plastic soda bottle maybe becomes a shampoo bottle,

And then it becomes pollution

• Four

• What can we

• Recycling of all the plastic ever generated as of

• Even when it is recycled, plastic degrades your plastic soda bottle maybe becomes a shampoo bottle,

• And then it becomes pollution

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• every time we eat drink or go shopping.

• a plastic free choice, this is not hard to imagine.

• there are throw away plastic free aisles in supermarkets.

• free soda and salsa water.

• free service.

We should not be forced to pollute the ocean

We need to be given a choice,

Indeed some responsible companies are already leading the way,

Beverage companies already offer plastic

Restaurants offer plastic

• We should not be forced to pollute the ocean

• We need to be given a choice,

• Indeed some responsible companies are already leading the way,

• Beverage companies already offer plastic

• Restaurants offer plastic

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Match the two halves to complete the sentences.

• rooms in hotels.

• flight.

• victories.

• Peru passed the law that keeps plastic out of national parks and beaches.

• is getting rid of styrofoam.

There are plastic free

An airline is now offering a plastic free

And Oceania and our allies are winning plastic free

Following campaigning by Oceania,

Belize

• There are plastic free

• An airline is now offering a plastic free

• And Oceania and our allies are winning plastic free

• Following campaigning by Oceania,

• Belize

Multiple Choice

And the European Union has mandated reductions for throw away plastic throughout its 28 member countries, but with your help we can do more. _____ we can create a movement to reduce throw away plastic. We can make sure we're all given real plastic free choices.

• Together

• Now

• So

• From today

• Starting now

Multiple Choice

We can help our cities, towns, schools, and workplaces establish zones that are free of throw away plastic. Let's stop plastic pollution from wrecking our beaches and our _____. And to have healthy oceans, that delight the sustained ease for generations to come.

• lakes

• rivers

• oceans

• seas

• sea life