Unit 9 : WRITING
Practical advice on water and electricity consumption
1. What do you see in the picture? What does the text in the picture mean? Do you turn off the tap while you are brushing your teeth?
-turn off (v)
-tap (n)
-brush (v)
2. The following paragraphs are extracts from a student’s talk giving some practical advice on reducing water and electricity consumption at home. Quickly read the text and match the headings (a-d) with the paragraphs (1-4)
a. Your participation in environmental preservation
b. Your actions to reduce water consumption
c. Your actions to reduce electricity consumption
d. Introducing the environmental problem
paragraphs
1. Fresh, clean water is very important to life because no one can live without it. Yet it is one of the limited and most endangered natural resources on our planet. Water keeps the earth green, and we can transform flowing water to electricity or energy. Our modern world has consumed a lot of water and electricity. So , what do you think will happen if water runs out? The following advice can help to reduce your water and electricity consumption at home.
2. When you leave a room or your home, unplugging electronic devices like the television, radio, computer is an easy way to save electricity because these devices still consume energy even though they are off.
3. When you use water, you also consume energy. Turning the tap off until you need water to rinse your hands or brush your teeth, and washing full loads of laundry instead of smaller ones can help to reduce electricity and water consumption as well.
4. The above advice is very simple and not new. However, if you follow at least one of the tips, you can be proud of taking part in the preservation of water, one of the very important and limited natural resources of the Earth.
1.d
2.c
3.b
4.a
3. Match the following sentences with the paragraphs (1-4) in 2.
a. Turn the tap off until you need water to rinse your hands or brush your teeth, and washing full loads of laundry instead of smaller ones.
b. Water is one of the limited natural resources. It can run out.
c. You can be proud of your participation in the preservation of water.
d. Unplug the electronic devices when you leave a room or your home.
a. 3
b. 1.
c. 4
d. 2
4. Choose one of the following limited natural resources to write three paragraphs similar to those in 2: paragraph 1 to introduce the type of pollution, paragraph 2 to give some practical advice and paragraph 3 to conclude.