April 22nd is world Earth Day. To celebrate, you are planning a school adventure in a local forest or natural park. Think about some of the activities you might do – litter collection, tree planting, nature trail …, and prepare a flyer. You should: ■■ explain the purpose of your adventure ■■ indicate time, place and duration, and what activities you are planning ■■ persuade your fellow students to take part Write around 250 words. Writing 6 Fill in the gaps with expressions below. There are two extra expressions that you will not need. Language 7 We should To sum up According to Nevertheless I am writing to If only we could The main reason for this is Dear Ms Collins, (1) express my disappointment with your recent environmental policy announcement, specifically regarding transport. I appreciate that converting all of the city’s busses to use electricity would be expensive, but I don’t see that we have a choice. (2) to the climate scientists, we do not have a great deal of time to make a change. (3) that the level of CO2 emissions needs to quickly fall to pre-industrial levels if we are to keep global warming below 2°C. (4) be trying to set an example to the city’s residents, and that means stopping our use of diesel-powered vehicles. (5) , your current course of action is extremely reckless and I hope that you will reconsider. Kind regards, Ian Brown 3 There would be much less air pollution if we all to electric cars (switch). 4 If you wanted to help, you your rubbish (recycle). 5 Unless taxes are raised, companies their emissions (not reduce). 6 If we had started to reduce CO2 emissions in the 1980s, the situation so critical (not become). Writing i i I can write a flyer for an Earth Day adventure. Language i i I can correctly use linking expressions. 139 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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