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Narrator: Humans produce about 450 million tons of plastic a year. Most of it is single-use—we use it once and then throw it away. As a result, more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic are in our oceans and on our beaches. Fish, birds, and other sea life are eating the plastic. Some people think the answer is simple. If we stop using single-use plastic, we solve the problem. But how easy is it reall...

Hiroto Hi, my name is Hiroto. I’m 45, and I live in Osaka, Japan. I’m the coach of a men’s tennis team at a university. I’m also a personal trainer, which means I help people when they are working out at the gym. For my job, I have to be in shape, but that’s easy for me because I love sports and working out. I exercise a lot, so I eat a lot, and sometimes I don’t eat healthily. I don’t like to coo...

Ben Hi. My name is Ben, I’m 22 years old and I live and work in Los Angeles, California. I’m a very busy real estate agent. Sometimes, I have to meet clients at 7 o’clock in the morning and sometimes at 10 o’clock at night, so I can never plan my meals. That means I often have to grab a hamburger or hot dog or something like that whenever I can and then run off to my next appointment. I try to go...

Alex: I feel so tired all the time. I don’t have any energy. What should I do? Faisal: Do you get eight hours of sleep every night? Alex: Yes, I do. In fact, I usually sleep longer than that! Faisal: Well, maybe instead of watching TV, you could get more exercise. Alex: Like what? Faisal: You could work out at the gym. Alex: But I don’t have time. I’m too busy. Faisal: Really? How do you get to wo...

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INTERVIEW 1 Interviewer : Good morning, Ms. Harmon. Thank you for coming to the interview. Ms. Harmon: My pleasure. Interviewer: OK, let’s begin. First, have you graduated from college? Ms. Harmon: Yes. I studied English and History. Interviewer: English and History. Very good. OK. Have you ever traveled abroad? Ms. Harmon: Yes, I think I’ve visited about eight different countries. Interviewer: Ei...

Mom: Hi, Lyn. I’m home. Lyn: Hi, Mom. Mom: Have you walked the dog? Lyn: Yes, I have. And I’ve vacuumed the floor. Mom: Wonderful! Have you finished your homework? Lyn: No, I haven’t. I’m going to do it now. Mom: OK. Are you hungry? I bought some groceries, so I’m going to cook dinner. Lyn: Great!

THE NEED FOR SLEEP Why do we need to sleep? For thousands of years, humans have asked the question: “Why do we sleep?” and modernscientists are still trying to find the answer. But one thing we do know is that it’s good for our physical and mental health. Physically, sleep helps prevent sickness and keeps our body healthy. Mentally, we study and work better when we sleep for about eight hours the...

Hola soy Amado Rosales y te doy la bienvenida a este espacio educativo. En esta oportunidad te voy a enseñar qué son cognados, falsos cognados y algunos ejemplos. Comenzamos. Los cognados son palabras que tienen el mismo origen etimológico y han evolucionado en cuanto a su fonética. Guardan aspectos similares como la ortografía el significado y la función en dos idiomas. Existe una estimación que...

¿Cómo Puedo Ayudar? Una historia ficticia, de ayudar en todo en tu comunidad. Escrita por Patricia Oliver. Es viernes por la tarde, Tom, Betty, Luke y Harper se vieron en la casa de Tom, para hacer un proyecto de servicio comunitario, que tenían que presentar en clase la siguiente semana. Ellos están buscando información, dibujos en revistas y periódicos. Tom tiene una idea. Queremos hacer el mejo...

¿Diferencia en la edad? ¡Sin Problema! Una historia ficticia de estar activo en tu comunidad Escrita por Patricia Oliver Ítan y Éiva estaban caminando a casa de la escuela. Ellos vivían en un pueblito, y podían caminar las calles solos. Ellos vivían justo unas cuadras de distancia de la escuela. Repentinamente, al otro lado de la banqueta, vieron un grupo pequeño de personas con pancartas. Había m...

Ante la Sequía Un artículo de J. C. Clark Enfrentando la sequía El agua es un líquido esencial que las personas, los animales, y las plantas necesitan para vivir. Este recurso natural no siempre está disponible y, debido a los cambios en la temperatura global, puede llegar a escasear. Hay áreas geográficas donde el agua siempre ha sido necesitada, pero estas áreas pueden también estar en peligro d...

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In Case of Earthquake 1. Keep calm. 2. Stay away from furniture, windows and lamps. 3. Find a safety place. 4. Follow signs to find emergency exits. 5. Find the evacuation assembly point. 6. Don´t run. Don´t shout. Don´t push. 7. Make a circle of people. Girls in-boys out. 8. Call your family. 9. Wait for instructions.

Sonia: Attention volunteers! My name is Sonia and I’d like to tell you about the work we do here. We help emergency services as they rescue people affected by the hurricane. Melissa: What are emergency services? Sonia: The police, the paramedics, the firefighters, the army… all of the public services that can help in a crisis. They are working together because they want to help the people in the c...

Sonia: Attention volunteers! My name is Sonia and I’d like to tell you about the work we do here. We help emergency services as they rescue people affected by the hurricane. Melissa: What are emergency services? Sonia: The police, the paramedics, the firefighters, the army… all of the public services that can help in a crisis. They are working together because they want to help the people in the c...

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How are cans recycled? Last year in the UK we recycled around 4.5 billion aluminum cans - that is enough to stretch around the world over 13 times… Here's how we do it: 1. Food tins and drink cans assorted from other materials either by hand or by machine. 2. Magnets are used to separate steel from aluminum and the separated cans are bailed. 3. At the aluminum recycling plant, bales of cans are sh...

Jerry This is Jerry Jameson and we are now back to our program. Let's talk about it. If you are just joining us, the topic this morning is chemical spills. With us is Doctor Eleanor Kempe who is now going to explain what to do in case of a chemical spill. So, tell us doctor, what happens if, even after prevention, there is a chemical spill? Eleanor There are three simple steps. First communicate t...

Nelly: Welcome. This hurricane was awfull. Is your family OK? Ron: You have to know this Marion! Mark: I’d like to help now. Mark: Thanks! Ron: I guess we should find out.

Ron: Do you know what services to call in case of an emergency? Marion: If there is a fire, you should call the fire department. If there is a crime you should call the police. When someone has a health problem, you should call an ambulance. Correct? Ron: Yes. What number do you call? Marion: Let’s see… Uhmmm…. er…. I have no clue. Ron: You have to know this Marion! This is important. Do you have...

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Rainbows happen when sunlight and rain combine in a very specific way. The beams of sunlight separate into the colors we see in the rainbow as they enter a raindrop. Sunlight is actually made up of different colors that we don’t usually see. When a beam of sunlight comes down to Earth, the light is white. But if the light beam happens to hit raindrops on the way down at a certain angle, the differ...

When you throw things into the garbage, that garbage is taken to a garbage dump and it is usually buried underground. It is buried so it will with decompose. What is decompose? Have you ever seen and old piece of fruit slowly rot and shrink over many days? It is decomposing. Decompose means to separate into parts and over many years most garbage will disappear completely. That is, we bury garbage...