It is not just ice and land (cas7)

“The earth laughs in flowers.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

How do we pollute our environment?

Why do people do that?

What can an individual do to help save the environment?

Open your books to page 54, read the text and then do the vocabulary exercise on page 55.

Bleak

Definitions

Without colour;  pale; pallid.

Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Cold; cheerless

Diverse

Definitions

consisting of many different elements; various

different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

In different directions; diversely

Vivid

Definitions

(New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

(of perception) clear, detailed or powerful

(of an image) bright, intense or colourful

Geothermal

Definitions

pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior

[adjective] pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior

pertaining to heat energy

Time Clauses

In time clauses, after these conjunctions when, until, as soon as, after, before, we use Present Simple. This type of sentence refers to the future time.

Example

When I get home, I will make a cake.

As soon as Peter passes his exams, he will travel to Budapest.

Helen will wait here until Peter gets back.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable nouns have either regular or irregular plural forms. We form regular plural by adding -s or -es. However, some nouns have irregular plural:

We never use the indefinite article with uncountable nouns and they are followed by a singular verbs.
Here is a list of some typical uncountable nouns in English:

Information, advice, work, homework, news, furniture, time, weather, transport, health, wealth, warmth, money, love, hatred, development, improvement, food, sugar, jam, honey, butter, cheese, bread, meat, rice, fruit, water, juice, lemonade, coffee, tea, milk…

For homework, on page 55 do the exercise Grammar 1, and on page 56 exercise 2 and 3.