🌍🌍Earth Day, April 22: hotels, eco-tourism and sustainability (A2, present simple, text, vocabulary, sound files, part 2/3)🌍🌍

• how hotels can protect the environment through eco-friendly tourism

Earth Day is in a few days. It is a day to think about our planet. Hotels and tourism can help nature.

Hotels can save water and energy. They can ask guests to reuse towels and bed sheets. This is good for the environment. Guests can switch off lights and air conditioning when they leave the room. Hotels can also use refillable water stations to reduce plastic.

Hotels should use eco-friendly products. They should avoid plastic straws and cups. Recycling bins are important in hotel areas.

Energy saving is also important. LED lights use less power. Solar energy is clean and good.

Hotels can offer eco tours for guests. These tours show nature and local culture. Guests can also visit local shops and help small businesses.

Hotels can grow gardens and green spaces. They can buy food from local farmers. This helps reduce transport pollution.

On Earth Day we must remember to care for Earth. Small actions are very important. Hotels and guests can work together for a better future.

Eco tourism is good for people and nature. It helps protect animals and forests. We should travel in a careful way.

Every hotel can make small changes for the planet. Guests can choose green hotels when they travel. This supports nature protection.

We must reduce waste every day. Less plastic means cleaner oceans. Clean air and water are very important for life.

Earth Day is a good time to start better habits. Together we can protect our world every day.

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Vocabulary:

• eco-tourism: travelling in a way that helps protect nature and local places
• sustainability: using resources [things we use to live, work, or make something] carefully so they last for the future
• to protect the environment: to keep nature safe and clean
• eco-friendly: good for the environment
• to save water: to use less water
• to reuse: to use something again
• a towel: a cloth used for drying your body
• a bed sheet: a large cloth that covers a bed
• to switch off: to turn something off (like lights or devices)
• a refillable water station: a place where you can fill your water bottle again
• to avoid: to not do something or stay away from it
• a straw: a small tube used for drinking
• a recycling bin: a container for waste that can be reused
• to save energy: to use less electricity or power
• to grow a garden: to plant and care for plants
• a green space: an area with grass, trees, or plants
• to reduce pollution: to make the environment less dirty or harmful
• to remember: to keep something in your mind
• to care for something: to look after something well
• to be careful: to act in a safe and thoughtful way
• to choose: to pick one thing from many options
• to support: to help or agree with something
• protection: keeping something safe from harm [to hurt someone or something, or to make it bad or not safe]
• to reduce waste: to throw away less and use less
• a habit: something you do often and regularly
• to protect: to keep something safe from damage or danger

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Match words and defintions:

Words:

1. eco-tourism
2. sustainability
3. to protect the environment
4. eco-friendly
5. to save water
6. to reuse
7. a towel
8. a bed sheet
9. to switch off
10. a refillable water station
11. to avoid
12. a straw
13. a recycling bin
14. to save energy
15. to grow a garden
16. a green space
17. to reduce pollution
18. to remember
19. to care for something
20. to be careful
21. to choose
22. to support
23. protection
24. to reduce waste
25. a habit
26. to protect

Definitions:

a. to pick one thing from many options
b. a cloth used for drying the body
c. to make the environment less dirty
d. using resources carefully for the future
e. to keep something in your mind
f. a place where you can refill a water bottle
g. to stay away from something
h. a small tube for drinking
i. to use less water
j. to help or agree with something
k. a container for recyclable waste
l. to plant and care for plants
m. to use something again
n. to turn something off
o. a green area with plants and trees
p. to act in a safe and thoughtful way
q. to travel in a way that protects nature
r. to look after something
s. to keep nature safe and clean
t. a cloth that covers a bed
u. to use less electricity or power
v. something you do regularly
w. to keep something safe from harm
x. to throw away less and reuse more
y. good for the environment
z. to keep something safe from damage

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Answers:
1-q, 2-d, 3-s, 4-y, 5-i, 6-m, 7-b,
8-t, 9-n, 10-f, 11-g, 12-h, 13-k,
14-u, 15-l, 16-o, 17-c, 18-e, 19-r,
20-p, 21-a, 22-j, 23-z, 24-x, 25-v, 26-w

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Match definitions with word/s:

Definitions:

1. to make the environment less dirty or harmful
2. a place with grass, trees, or plants
3. to use less electricity or power
4. to keep nature safe and clean
5. to use something again
6. to travel in a way that protects nature
7. to stay away from something
8. using resources carefully for the future
9. to turn something off
10. good for the environment
11. to use less water
12. a container for recyclable waste

Words:

a. eco-friendly
b. to reuse
c. to switch off
d. to avoid
e. sustainability
f. a recycling bin
g. to protect the environment
h. eco-tourism
i. to save energy
j. to save water
k. a green space
l. to reduce pollution

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Answers:
1-l, 2-k, 3-i, 4-g, 5-b, 6-h,
7-d, 8-e, 9-c, 10-a, 11-j, 12-f

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True or false:

1. Using more plastic helps reduce pollution.
2. Eco-tourism helps protect nature and local environments.
3. Turning off lights can save energy.
4. Sustainability means using resources carefully for the future.
5. Wasting water is a good environmental habit.
6. Recycling helps reduce waste in the environment.
7. Eco-friendly products are better for the environment.
8. Leaving lights on all day saves energy.
9. Using a refillable water bottle reduces plastic waste.
10. Eco-tourism harms [to hurt something,]natural places on purpose [doing something because you want to do it].
11. Avoiding single-use plastics helps nature.
12. Plants and trees in green spaces improve air quality.
13. Turning off water when not needed increases water use.
14. Recycling increases the amount of landfill waste.
15. Cutting down all trees improves green spaces.
16. Eco-friendly actions damage the environment.
17. Saving water is important for the environment.
18. Throwing all waste into one bin is good for recycling.
19. Reusing items helps reduce pollution.
20. Sustainability means using as many resources as possible now.

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True:2,3,4,6,7,9,11,12,17,19

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Fill in, words below:

protect – use – nature – less – pollution – help – future – throw away – world – nature – electricity – produce – reduce

1. People should travel in a way that does not damage [to break something or make it not good or not working properly]__________.
2. It is important to take care of the natural __________.
3. People should use__________ water in daily life.
4. Saving ___________ helps the environment.
5. Recycling helps rubbish.
6. People should __________ things again instead of throwing them away.
7. Nature is cleaner when people ___________ less waste.
8. Parks and areas with trees __________ make the air better.
9. People should not __________ things that can still be used.
10. Everyone should try to make less __________.
11. It is better to act in ways that do not harm __________
12. People should think about the _________ when using natural resources [things we get from nature and use, like water, air, trees, and land].
13. Small actions in daily life can help __________ the planet.

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Correct version:

1. People should travel in a way that does not damage nature.
2. It is important to take care of the natural world.
3. People should use less water in daily life.
4. Saving electricity helps the environment.
5. Recycling helps reduce rubbish.
6. People should use things again instead of throwing them away.
7. Nature is cleaner when people produce less waste.
8. Parks and areas with trees help make the air better.
9. People should not throw away things that can still be used.
10. Everyone should try to make less pollution.
11. It is better to act in ways that do not harm nature.
12. People should think about the future when using natural resources.
13. Small actions in daily life can help protect the planet.

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