Гроза, 9. Students book. Unit 2. Lesson 4-5. Exercise 3e

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Interviewer: What do you think about dropping litter?
Paul: Humans have always dropped litter. In medieval Europe, people used to dump garbage on the streets and let the birds and dogs take care of it. When the streets got too smelly, they collected it in carts and dumped it outside the city walls. The problem still remains today. There are plenty of statistics to prove it. Each of us throws away about 1200 pounds of garbage every year. Only 10% is recycled. Over 14 billion pounds of waste per year is thrown out to sea and it kills millions of animals. We are all affected by this waste problem.
Interviewer: Hmm … … And is there any solution to it?
Paul: Well, understanding the problem is the first step. There is a lot of information everywhere: in newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and the Internet … The second step is to realize that everyone can help to protect the environment.
Interviewer: Did you also start with these two steps in your project?
Paul: In a way, yes. In our school for the last five years, we have been helping the environment in a number of ways. Junior Litterbugs create posters to promote the idea of controlling litter. Students make drawings, signs and posters, and display them in our school. Senior students are making a website to share information about recycling with others, helping them to become more aware of pollution. Then we have the 4R’s programme …
Interviewer: What’s the 4R’s programme?
Paul: The 4R’s are refuse, reuse, recycle and reduce. Refuse to litter, reduce the production of litter. Reuse is inventing all possible ways of using old things again (we even held a contest for the most original ideas). As for recycling – we collect all plastic and glass bottles, waste and packages and put them into special bins we have at school.
Interviewer: Do you think your project can help in a world where there are so many people who don’t care much about the environment?
Paul: We write letters to local newspapers and I have already mentioned our websites. There we appeal to everybody to stop littering and to fine those who drop litter.
Interviewer: Good!
Paul: There are a lot of projects like ours all over the world. We have friends in other countries and we discuss …