A presentation of environmental issues collected by twenty people and it was discussed in 2000 and 23

1. ENVIRONMENT
What you will learn
1: Vocabularies
2: Useful collocations
3: Idioms
Editor: B_lee

2. Here is some useful vocabulary for this topic.
 1: Ecosystem (eco= environment, ecosystem is ‘an environment system’)
 2: Ecology (n.) = the study of the environment Ecological (adj.)
 3: Eco-friendly (adj.) = describes things that protect and look after the
 environment, rather than damaging it.
 This fabric bag is eco-friendly.
 4: Global warming = increasing temperature of the earth due to the greenhouse
effect of more gases (CO2, CH4) being trapped in the atmosphere.
 5: Climate Change = similar to global warming but focus on changing climates
around the world ( Pollution )

3.  6: The following are all words (countable nouns) meaning waste or things we throw away.
 waste
 rubbish (UK)
 garbage (US)
 debris
 trash (US)
 litter (UK) junk refuse
 7: A landfill (n.) (C) = a place where rubbish is dumped and buried
 People dump rubbish in the sea, on the streets, in the landfills….
Here is some useful vocabulary for this topic.

4.  8: Biodegradable waste = waste that naturally decomposes.
 Most waste is non-biodegradable, such as plastic.
 9: We should segregate our rubbish (to separate) into ….
 10: The 3 Rs verbs : Recycle - Reduce - Reuse
 11: Greenhouse gases
 Methane (CH4)
 Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Here is some useful vocabulary for this
topic.

5. Useful Collocations.
• 1: Methane emissions
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• 2: Carbon dioxide emissions
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• 3: Carbon footprints = the damage you cause to the planet by using carbon
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• 4: To reduce our carbon footprint
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• 5: To be carbon neutral

6. Idioms to talk about environment
1. To get out of hand = to be out of control
Damage to the environment is getting out of hand, if we don’t do something soon, we will
lose our planet
2: To be in dire straits = to be in trouble
3: To be in deep water = to be in trouble
4: The tip of the iceberg = the beginning of the problem
5: To weather the storm = to survive difficult times