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Examiner: Does it help to educate young people on being green? Candidate
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Does it help to educate young people on being green? Candidate: A lm o s t c e rta in ly it does, be cau se it is th e ne xt g e n e ra tio n w h o w ill have to ta k e on th e huge b u rd e n o f sa vin g th e p la n e t. T h is g e n e ra tio n is n 't do in g e n o u g h and is to o w o rrie d a b o u t m on ey, so I p ra y th a t th e ne xt one w i ll see th e u rg e n c y of th e s itu a tio n , and th e w a y to g e t th e m to see is to te a ch th e m a b o u t th e re p e rc u s s io n s o f a p o llu tin g life s ty le such as o u rs . Pollution Examiner: Candidate: Examiner: Candidate: Examiner: Candidate: W hat effe c ts does p o llu tio n have on th e e n v iro n m e n t? Oh, I ha rdly kn o w w h e re to s ta rt! P o llu tio n in th e oceans k ills fis h and so un ba lan ces the ecosystem . P o llu tio n on land m eans th a t w h o le are as becom e u n fit to live on o r to fa rm . H a bita ts are destroyed, w h ich leads to the e x tin c tio n of hu n d re d s of a n im a l and p la n t species. Do you th in k we p o llu te m ore now tha n w e did fifty years ago? W e ll, yes, o v e ra ll. I'd say, th o u g h , th a t r ic h e r c o u n trie s p o llu te le ss th e m s e lv e s but e x p o rt th e ir p o llu tio n e ls e w h e re , by w h ic h I m ea n th a t th e y c o n s u m e fo re ig n p ro d u c ts th a t have a la rg e c a rb o n fo o tp r in t. It has b e com e fa s h io n a b le to be g re e n in w e a lth ie r n a tio n s , e s p e c ia lly W e s te rn ones, so p e o p le m a k e an e ffo r t to cy c le to w o r k and re c y c le th e ir w a s te . H o w eve r, it's q u ite a s h a llo w a tte m p t at be in g g re e n , in m y o p in io n , because th e y s t ill liv e in big h o u s e s u s in g lo ts o f e n e rg y and go on h o lid a y s ab ro a d , le a v in g a t r a il o f p o llu tio n in th e ir w a ke . W hat do you th in k w ill happen if we d o n 't reduce c u rre n t levels of p o llu tio n ? I read an a rtic le re c e n tly th a t c la im e d if we d o n 't change o u r ways, we w ill need a second p la n e t to m ee t o u r needs as e a rly as 2030. It's frig h te n in g to th in k th a t w e 're th a t greedy, and I'm s u re I'm ju s t as g u ilty as the next p e rson . I do hold o u t som e hope th a t th in g s w ill get so bad th a t w e w ill re a lis e w e re a lly m u s t act, and we w ill c o m p le te ly change o u r d e s tru c tiv e h a b its ju s t in the n ic k of tim e . If not, the p la n e t w ill s u re ly becom e u n in h a b ita b le . Download 3.38 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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