Unit Second edition Vocabulary Practice Level pollution temperatures waste resources atmosphere starvation People suffer from this when there isn’t enough food These are useful things which exist in nature This makes our air and water dirty This is all around us These are going up Complete the sentences with one word Temperatures are going the polar ice caps melt up and causing Many medicinal plants will die don’t save the rainforests if we What will we when we’ve used our oil supplies? all The problem with nuclear power is where to get rid the waste Industries have been fouling rivers and lakes for too long Public opinion can bring government policy PHOTOCOPIABLE our get rid of Put the words from the box into the correct column breathe death month something southern these thought weather without worth /ð/ /θ/ these change in © Cambridge University Press 2012 Level Unit VOCABULARY PRACTICE Maybe we should be more optimistic about the future A lot has already been achieved: we’ve changed our life style so there is less rubbish to dispose of, industries are no longer 2polluting the environment, and natural habitats are being protected to prevent animals from becoming extinct So maybe we will also be able to stop temperatures 4increasing and find alternative energy before the oil completely finishes Maybe we will be able to save our planet after all waste Industries throw this away Read the text and replace the underlined words with a phrasal verb LEVEL UNIT Match the words in the box with their definitions