Earth guardians!

1. Where is North Dakota? In Brazil. In the USA. In the Amazon.
2. What have the Native Americans recently fought against? An oil pipeline. Their land. The lack of an oil pipeline.

Protecting the environment

1

Sort detrimental actions and eco-friendly actions.

2

Most of these words describe the EPA logo. Choose the two odd ones out.

Harmony

Waves

Moon

×

Human Activity

×

Tears

Fishes

Birds

Leaves

3

Use the conditional and past conditional to show what you would do or would have done to improve the poster.

a) include pictures of tropical plants ➝ .
b) invent a catchphrase ➝ .
c) choose two felines / not (past) ➝ .

4

Find alternative mottos for the EPA by putting the words in each sentence back into the right order.

a) waste / beauty / don’t / such / ! ➝
b) planet / planet / also / this / is / their / ! ➝
c) up / biodiversity / for / stand / ! ➝
d) Invent your own motto! ➝ 

Listen: Tradition / emission / artificial / special.

Réfléchis : Repère le symbole phonologique commun à ces quatre mots : /θ/ /ʃ/ /ð/. Quand apparait-il ?


Répète : Connection / social / artificial / generation.

You can do it

1

Watch the video. With the help of the pictures, explain how the Makushi live in harmony with their environment.

2

Match the two parts of the sentences to find out what we can do now. 💡 Tip: Rely on grammar logic: by + V-ing; both → two elements in the sentence.

3

Fill in the text with the missing words to describe a “Makushi world”.

We would have lived in simple

, we would not have built

. We would have relied on

and outdoor games to entertain ourselves.

would not have been invented. We would have respected the

so the

wouldn’t be the same.

4

Could you change your lifestyle and live like the Makushi? Answer the following questions by yes or no to find out.

a) Do you believe the Makushi’s message (we can save the planet if we modify our habits)?
b) Are you willing to consider that the earth’s fate is more important than your comfort?
c) Could you live without your smartphone, tablet and TV?
d) Could you buy and eat only what you really need not to be cold or hungry?
e) Would you like to volunteer and spread the word about the need to change our lifestyle?

Keepers of the ecosystem

1

Put the words from these reported speech sentences back into the right order.

a) mixes / adds / Ms Allicock / she / crops / the / that / . / ➝ 
b) traditional / woman / that / states / young / likes / the / farming / she / farming / . / ➝ 
c) also / you / yourself / the / plant / that / Ms Allicock / for / animals / says / all / but / . / ➝

2

Fill in the text with the missing words to compare the attitude of rich countries with that of the Makushi.

Instead of choosing harmony and , rich countries have overconsumed . They devastated because they have their role for the preservation of on earth. On the , the Makushi have never this and they take only what they need for their .

Reported speech

Observe : 1. Jean says: “We cut, burn and plant.” 2. Jean says that they cut, burn and plant.

Réfléchis : Relève tous les changements entre les phrases 1 et 2.

Conclus : Il faut supprimer les , ajouter pour introduire la subordonnée, et faire les de pronoms personnels et adjectifs possessifs.

Mission 2

1

Your debate is going to be about...

the actual solutions to climate change.

the origins of climate change.

both.

2

What can you do?

3

Choose your level:

B1

A2

A2+