SAVE OUR EARTH

A. Look at the following picture and answer the questions

Industrial Smokestacks Carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and other types of contaminants pouring from industrial smokestacks contribute largely to the worlds atmospheric pollution. Carbon dioxide contributes significantly to global warming, while sulfur dioxide emissions are the principal cause of acid rain in the northeastern United States, southeastern Canada, and eastern Europe.

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What do you know about the picture ? What make the earth dangerous from the picture ? Who must be responsible for the problem of the earth ? What can we do to save the earth ? as a student, can you participate in saving our earth ? how ?

B. Look at the following vocabularies, write the pronunciation of the words and their meaning ?
absorb / commemoration / drainage / emission / hazardous / manufacturer / oblige / reduce / regulation / residential area / spatial / stipulate / vehicle / waste / / (kkt) : . / (kb) : . / (kb) : . / (kb) : . / (ks) : . / (kb) : . / (kkt) : . / (kkt) : . / (kb) : . / (kb) : . / kb) : . / (kkt) : . / (kb) : / (kb) : .

C. Read the following text and answer the questions Five Trees should be Planted for Every Vehicle: Experts
V e h i c l e m a n u f a c t u r e r s should take someresponsibility for the serious air pollution in the city by planting five trees for every motor vehicle they produce, environment experts said.Zulfan A Rambe, operational director o f I n d o n e s i a n Hazardous Materials and Waste Research (IHWaR) Foundation told a discussion in commemoration of World Tree Day on Nov. 21 trees must be planted to balance for the pollution the city vehicles are responsible for. We will propose to the city administration to oblige the automotive manufacturers to plant five trees for each motor vehicle they produce. The administration should make regulations about corporate responsibilities to deal with the pollution problem. Environmental technology expert Eddy Soentjahyo said motor vehicle emission has contributed up to 70 percent of air pollution in the city, which has more than 5.5 million motor vehicles. Experts have said open green spaces one alternative solution to deal with air pollution, because it reduces carbon emission by absorbing pollutants and reload source of oxygen to clean the air. They said trees can improve drainage by preventing soil erosion and absorbing rainwater. The automotive industry also has the responsibility to provide green areas as the solution of pollution problem, Eddy said. Ma n u f a c t u r e r s should join together to buy land in the city where trees could be planted, he said. Eddy also suggested property developers consider making green areas on rooftops to absorb the sun heat. Daud Silalahi from the University of Padjajaran in Bandung keeps losing its open green space due to residential and industrial developments. Some 9 percent of Jakartas city area is made up of open green space, said city administration, but the 2007 Law on Spatial Planning stipulates a city should provide at least 30 percent of its total size for open green space. What I (am) concerned (for) the most is that we have the law without implementation procedures, Daun said.
The Jakarta Post, Saturday, December 1, 2007 Picture: http://www.joekaz.net

Questions 1. What is proposed by Zulfan A Rambe? 2. To whom is the proposal proposed? 3. How should the proposal be followed up? 4. Why is the proposal proposed? 5. How can we reduce air pollution? 6. What do Eddy Soentjahyo and Daud Silalahi suggest?

D. Match the following word to their meaning

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. vehicle manufacturer hazardous waste commemoration a. dangerous b. housing c. rubbish d. emisi e. remembrance

6. oblige 7. regulation 8. emission 9. residential 10. absorb 11. reduce E.

f. means of transportation g. rule h. producer i. force j. suck up k. lessen

Write an essay based on the following introduction

A new analysis of ancient Antarctic ice samples suggests that during transition periods from ice ages to warmer times, known as interglacials, temperatures rise for hundreds of years before levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide begin to increase. The study, conducted by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, was published in the March 12, 1999, issue of the journal Science.

A new analysis of ancient Antarctic ice samples suggests that during transition periods from ice ages to warmer times, known as interglacials, temperatures rise for hundreds of years before levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide begin to increase. The study, conducted by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, was published in the March 12, 1999, issue of the journal Science. .. .. .