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The picture below shows planet Earth. Do you know when Earth Day is celebrated? Read the text to find out what it is about and what dangers we are facing by destroying our environment.
Poniższe zdjęcie przedstawia Ziemię. Czy wiesz kiedy obchodzony jest Dzień Ziemi? Przeczytaj tekst, aby dowiedzieć się, jaki jest cel tego święta oraz jakie niebezpieczeństwa nam grożą, jeśli będziemy niszczyć nasze środowisko.
Read the texts to learn more about why we should look after our planet – our home. Next, do the exercises.
Planet Earth is Our HomeDue to growing concernsgrowing concerns about what the human race is doing to its own planet, many people came togethercame together and created what is now known as “Earth Day.” The Earth Day movement was established and ledled by John McConnel, an activistactivist and a newspaper publisher.
McConnell convinced the United Nations to honourhonour a day when differences of opinion could be set asideset aside, and people from across the globe could come together and show supportshow support for environmental protectionenvironmental protection. They would focus on protecting the Earth’s valuable natural resourcesnatural resources.
The first Earth Day took place in March 1970. It has now grown in popularitygrown in popularity and is a part of mainstreammainstream culture. 192 countries and over a billion people celebrate this day each year.
The second Earth Day was on April 22nd, 1970. It happened after an environmental disasterenvironmental disaster. An oil welloil well off the coast of Santa Barbara in California released over three million gallonsgallons of oil which polluted the local coastline and a large number of habitatshabitats. This motivatedmotivated many activists to fight for greater environmental regulationsenvironmental regulations in a national protest. The protest on April 22nd was a massive success, with over 20 million people showing their support for the cause.
Earth Day has shown many people that Mother Earth is suffering. It has highlighted issues that we should addressaddress to save our planet. They include problems such as global warmingglobal warming, climate changeclimate change, forest fires, rising temperatures, acid rainacid rain, and deforestationdeforestation.
The motto of Earth Day 2022 was “Invest in Our Planet.” Its focus was to involveinvolve governments, citizens, and businesses to take actiontake action. The celebrations managed to bring togetherbring together over 1 billion people and organisations who would claim collective responsibilityclaim collective responsibility for the planet.
Thanks to Earth Day, we can encourage the publicthe public to consider environmental issuesenvironmental issues and all work together to turn back the damage that we have done to Mother Earth.
Źródło: Dorota Giżyńska, Zuzanna Kościuk, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
True False
2. The first Earth Day happened at the beginning of spring.
True False
3. The second Earth Day happened because of a natural disaster.
True False
4. Earth Day has successfully drawn people’s attention to the environmental problems caused by humans.
True False
5. The aim of Earth Day 2022 is to make people aware that only individuals can look after our planet.
True False
2. The regulationpublicenvironment can learn more about how to help our planet due to Earth Day.
3. Everyone can show their support popularity change for environmental issues by taking action on a daily basis.
4. People should takeprotectinvolve action to help save Mother Earth.
5. If environmental issues are not polluted observed addressed soon, the Earth will suffer.
Answer the questions. Write 2–3 sentences to each question.
Why did the first Earth Day happen?
What are the most important environmental issues in the world? Which one can you experience in Poland?
How do you understand the words “Invest in our planet”?
Słownik
/ ˌæsɪd reɪnz / / ˌæsɪd ˈreɪn /
kwaśne deszcze [kwaśny deszcz]
/ ˈæktɪvɪst /
aktywista/aktywistka (osoba bardzo aktywna jako członek/członkini jakiejś organizacji)
/ əˈdres /
rozwiązywać (problem), zajmować się (jakąś sprawą)
/ brɪŋ təˈɡeðə /
łączyć kogoś, zbliżać kogoś
/ ˈkeɪm təˈɡeðə / / ˈkʌm təˈɡeðə /
zjednoczyli się [zjednoczyć się]
/ kleɪm kəˈlektɪv rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪti /
brać wspólną odpowiedzialność
/ ˈklaɪmət tʃeɪndʒ /
zmiana klimatu
/ ˌdi:ˌfɒrɪˈsteɪʃn̩ /
wycinka lasów
/ ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl̩ dɪˈzɑːstə /
katastrofa ekologiczna
/ ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl̩ ˈɪʃuːz / / ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl̩ ˈɪʃuː /
kwestie dotyczące środowiska [kwestia dotycząca środowiska]
/ ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl̩ prəˈtekʃn̩ /
ochrona środowiska
/ ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl̩ ˌreɡjʊˈleɪʃn̩z / / ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl̩ ˌreɡjʊˈleɪʃn̩ /
przepisy dotyczące środowiska [przepis dotyczący środowiska]
/ ˈɡælənz / / ˈɡælən /
galony [galon] (w krajach anglosaskich jednostka objętości substancji równa 4,546 litra lub 3,785 litra)
/ ˈɡləʊbl̩ ˈwɔːmɪŋ /
globalne ocieplenie
/ ˈgrəʊɪŋ kənˈsɜːnz / / ˈgrəʊɪŋ kənˈsɜːn /
rosnące obawy [rosnąca obawa]
/ grəʊn ɪn ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪti / / ɡrəʊ ɪn ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪti /
zyskał/zyskała popularność [zyskiwać popularność]
/ ˈhæbɪtæts / / ˈhæbɪtæt /
siedliska, środowiska życia [siedlisko, środowisko życia]
/ ˈɒnə /
uczcić
/ ɪnˈvɒlv /
uwzględniać
/ led / / liːd /
przewodził/przewodziła [przewodzić]
/ ˈmeɪnstriːm /
powszechnie akceptowany/akceptowana
/ ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd / / ˈməʊtɪveɪt /
zmotywował/zmotywowała [motywować]
/ ˈnætʃrəl rɪˈzɔːsɪz / / ˈnætʃrəl rɪˈzɔːs /
zasoby naturalne [zasób naturalny]
/ ˈoɪl wel /
odwiert naftowy
/ set əˈsaɪd /
odstawić na bok
/ ʃəʊ səˈpɔːt /
okazywać wsparcie
/ ˈteɪk ˈækʃn̩ /
podjąć działania
/ ðə ˈpʌblɪk /
opinia publiczna, społeczeństwo
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