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1 Vocabulary
5d Look at the box. Then read the numbers a-d aloud. Then listen and check your answers.

9,052 nine thousand and fifty-two a. 8,903
41,220 forty-one thousand, two hundred and twenty b. 52,720
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65,000,000 sixty-five million c. 33,000,000
c. 33,000,000
6,320,534,757 six billion, three hundred and twenty million, five d. 2,462,452,900
d. 2,462,452,900
hundred and thirty-four thousand, seven hundred and fifty-seven

2 Read

Α. Discuss.
• What environmental problems do you worry about?

B. How much do you know about plastic? Read the sentences and write T for r
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1. About 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean each year.
2. About 50% of plastic rubbish is recycled around the world each year. r s , j e w e l l e r y , s h a m p o o

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FACTS bottles and more. It’s strong and cheaper than wood or glass.
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However, it is a material that is bad for our environment.
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Plastic takes a long time to degrade (which means to disappear
completely). A plastic straw lasts for 200 years, a plastic bottle 450
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PLASTIC 2 years and a plastic toothbrush 500 years! Amazingly, almost all
plastic that has ever been made still exists today.
The ocean has been polluted by all kinds of plastic items. In fact,
about eight million tonnes enter the ocean every year. Experts say
that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than ish.
3 3 P l a s t i c i n t h e o ce a n c a n b r e a k i nt o t i n y p i e ce s c a l l e d m i c r o p l a s t i c s
Plastic in the ocean can break into tiny pieces called microplastics
(pieces of plastic less than ive millimetres long). There are about 14
(pieces of plastic less than ive millimetres long). There are about 14
billion tonnes of microplastic at the bottom of the ocean!
billion tonnes of microplastic at the bottom of the ocean!
4 4 Have you ever heard of a Seabin? It’s a rubbish bin for the sea.
It collects oil and plastic pollution in water near the coast. Some
Seabins collect about 90,000 plastic bags a year.
5 5 5 Many items are created using more than one type of plastic, and
this makes them harder to recycle. Some plastic items cannot be
recycled at all! Unfortunately, only 9% of plastic rubbish is recycled
each year around the world.
6 Scientists are trying to create new materials that are made of plants
to replace single-use plastic—that is, plastic items that are used only
once. For example, seaweed can be used to make a straw! Hopefully,
all single-use plastic will be replaced with safer materials one day.
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1. Plastic isn’t as expensive as and .
2. A(n) lasts longer in nature than a plastic straw, but not as long as a(n) .
3. By the year , the ocean might have more plastic than ish.
4. Any piece of plastic that is long or smaller is called a microplastic.
5. A Seabin collects plastic items and too.
6. A Seabin can collect about in twelve months. Over to you…
7. Most plastic items are di icult to recycle because
they are made of more than . Do you think it is possible to
solve the problem of plastic
8. It is possible to make straws from
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We write 65%. We say sixty-five per cent.
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