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py the page on your personal page. What’s Up 4: Vocabulary Unit 2
 * 1) beauty: belleza
 * 2) better: mejor que
 * 3) changed: cambiado
 * 4) crowd: multitud
 * 5) cheered: animado
 * 6) chance: oportunidad
 * 7) designers: diseñadores
 * 8) denying: negar
 * 9) easier: más fácil
 * 10) event to: evento
 * 11) even more: aún más
 * 12) employee: empleado
 * 13) encourages: alienta
 * 14) felt full of joy: sintió llena de alegría
 * 15) fear: miedo
 * 16) failure: error
 * 17) fat: gordo/a
 * 18) herself: ella misma
 * 19) judges: jueces
 * 20) kidney: riñon
 * 21) maybe: quizás
 * 22) method: método
 * 23) matter: asunto
 * 24) newest: mas recientes
 * 25) prize: premio
 * 26) properly: correctamente
 * 27) sick: enfermo
 * 28) sounds: sonidos
 * 29) such: tal
 * 30) shapes: formas
 * 31) too thin: demasiado delgada
 * 32) trip: viaje
 * 33) understood: entendido
 * 34) unwell: mal
 * 35) worse: peor


 * ** Thin mOdels text ** || ||
 * ** No matter page 1 ** || ** The jury criticised her very…severely ……. ** ||
 * ** broadcast ** || ** Singers earn money. They are sometimes very rich. ** ||
 * ** fashion ** || **He was** little by little **He had passed all the exams with excellent marks** ||
 * ** event ** || **Her condition didn’t better, it…** worsened……… **……** ||
 * ** Sounds like ** || **Rosa Parks…** grew up **…..in Alabama. She was born there and went to school there.** ||
 * ** fun ** || **He works in Nissan. He is an…** employee **……….there.** ||
 * ** Earn money ** || **It is possible.** Deal with a problem ||
 * ** Have a chance to ** || **It was very amusing. It was a lot of…** cheer. **.** ||
 * ** succeed ** || **The football fans…** expected **……..the players. They sang many songs and clapped their hands.** ||
 * ** Grow up ** || **Many countries aren’t** taking steps to **the drug problem seriously.** ||
 * ** Get sick ** || **She was successful. She** was full of joy **………………** ||
 * ** worsen ** || **She** got sick **……on the ship and started to throw up.** ||
 * ** Little by little ** || **There was a huge……** crowd **…..at the football match. There were 30 oooo people.** ||
 * ** Earn money ** || **He didn’t win the prize. He didn’t …** no matter **………..** ||
 * ** Full of joy ** || **She had always wanted to become a singer and in the end…** her dream come true. **………She is very famous now.** ||
 * ** cheer ** || **The Bread and Butter fashion show is an important…** event **…….in Barcelona** ||
 * ** Crowd page 2 ** || **They…** broadcasted **…………..interesting programmes on Channel 6** ||
 * ** prize ** || She was doing well . ||
 * ** maybe ** || **The first…** prize **………at the competition was 1000 euro** ||
 * ** Her dream came true ** || **The director is not here. He is at an important…** meeting **….** ||
 * ** She was doing well ** || **He…** had a chance **……………………to travel to Sydney. He was very lucky.** ||
 * ** meeting ** || **…** The sounds like **………………..who rings the bell. You should never open the door.** ||
 * ** during ** || ||
 * ** severely ** || **You can’t speak …** during **………..a movie. You must keep silent.** ||
 * ** Deal with a problem ** || **Many teenagers are interested in…** fashion . **……..** ||
 * ** employee ** || **She didn’t react well. She……** felt bad about herself **……………..** ||
 * ** She took this very badly ** || **She got well…** encourage **……….and got out of hospital.

__PART II__**

|| ** expected ** || || ** || **She…** cheer **……………a lot of weight,. She only weighs 34 kg** ||
 * ** Even worse ** || **Gucci is a fashion…** designer **…..** ||
 * ** She felt bad about herself ** || **He…** maybe **………….to get the job, but he didn’t.** ||
 * ** believe ** || **The woman …** died from **…………of cancer.** ||
 * ** criticism ** || **Muslims…** believed **………….in Mohammad.** ||
 * ** designer ** || **He doesn’t accept…** criticism . **………..You can’t say anything to him.He always gets angry** ||
 * ** Weight(noun) ** || **He felt a …** pain **………in his arm and went to the doctor.** ||
 * ** Weigh(verb) ** || **I** died from kidney failure ||
 * ** Eat properly ** || **I** sick. **………….I want to throw up.** ||
 * ** Feel sick ** || **Mangos are a…** kind of fruit. **……………** ||
 * ** deny ** || **Malaria causes many…** deaths **………in Africa.** ||
 * ** Fear ** || **The student …** denied **……..stealing the mobile phone, but in reality he did.** ||
 * ** Unwell P3 ** || **I…** weight **……………….67 kg.** ||
 * ** everyone ** || **You should eat fruit and vegetables. You should eat…** properly **……..** ||
 * ** Kind of fruit ** || **Another word for everybody is…** encourages **……** ||
 * ** Lose weight ** || **You can…** join  **……..our club. You just have to fill in this form and you will become a member.** ||
 * ** pain ** || **She …** took very badly **…………….the illness during her childhood.** ||
 * ** ache ** || **Triangles,squares and circles are…** shapes **…….** ||
 * ** Die from ** || ** He feels bad. He is…unwell………… ** ||
 * ** kidney ** || **Why did you come late? Give me the…** reason **………** ||
 * ** failure ** || **I need an aspirin. I have a head** ache . **………..** ||
 * ** deaths ** || **Cigarettes are…** banned **……..in many restaurants. You can’t smoke.** ||
 * ** encourage ** || **A part of your body…** lost weight. **….** ||
 * ** join ** || **We should try to solve the problem . We should…** deal with an issue . **…………..** ||
 * ** shapes ** || the girls develop problems eat ||
 * ** reason ** || **I …** fair **…………this teacher. He is very very strict.** ||
 * ** Develop
 * ** Page4 ** || **There is a …** failure **……..in the computer system . It doesn’t work** ||
 * ** ban ** || **The trainer…** everyonre.  **……….the players to work hard and congratulated them.** ||
 * ** To take steps to ** || She felt fear. ||
 * ** Deal with an issue ** || **The director is…** taking steps to **……………eradicate smoking at school.** ||


 * __ Answer the questions using complete sentences. __**


 * 1) What is the text about? **
 * The text talk about thin models.

2) Why do people think that fashion models are lucky? State min 3 reasons. ** **Many models have the chance to travel all over the world. They earn a lot of money and best of all people think they are extremely beautiful.** **3) What is the growing problem in the fashion world?** ** Models are becoming too thin. In fact, some have even stopped eating normal meals. **** 4) Where did Carolina grow up? ** **She grew up in Jundai, Brazil.** **5) What did she want to become?**
 * She wanted to be a model.

6) Misfortune hit the family. What happened? Things changed for the family for Ana when her father got sick and lost his job.

7) What did she do. ? She decided that she would earn money to help her parents. She heard about a local beauty competition. She immediately decided to enter the competition.**

**8) Which was the prize at the first competition?** 10) What was the result? **
 * The prize was a trip to Rio de Janeiro.**
 * Ana is not eating properly she felt sick. **
 * Ana had anorexia.

** 11) Carolina only ate....two kinds of fruit – apples and tomatoes. 12) What is Anorexia? See text? 13) How much weight did she lose? ** 14) When did she die?** 15) What id Professor Janet Treasure do? The Professor Janet Treassure write a letter to the British Fashion Council about problem the thin models 16) What did she write? ** 18) Do many countries deal with the issue seriously? No, many countries still refuse to deal seriously with this issue. **
 * Anorexia is a condition of denying the body food it's caused by an extreme fear of being fat. People who have it usually do not think they have a problem.**
 * She lost twenty-five percent o her body weight.
 * On the fourteen November 2006 Ana died.
 * She wrote the fashion industry shows models with extreme body shapes. This is one reason w young girls develop eating problems.**
 * 17) What are organizers of fashion shows in Spain and Italy beginning to do?**
 * Organizers of shows in Spain and Italy banned extremely thin models.

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http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/basic/index.html life modern dwelling:more info Go down and down to the bottom Q&A ** 1- How is the special bath called? ** ** The especial bath is called furo ** ** 2- What do they do there apart from washing themselves? ** ** T **** he first is cleaned with soap out of the bathtub ****. **** They do not wash themselves in the tub. This way, the water will stay clean and can be used by others later. **
 * 1) __How do the Japanese take a bath__ **

** 3- How hot is the water in degrees Celcius and degrees ** ** Fahrenheit? ** ** When the Japanese take a furo at home, they normally heat the water in the tub to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). ** **__ 2 __****__ ) Where do they clean themselves with soap? WHY? __**  ** 1) ****. **** They clean themselves with soap outside the tub first This way, the water will stay clean and can be used by others later. ** ** 2) Do Japanese keep pets? **  ** 1- Why isn’t it easy for them to have pets? **  ** Because a lot of people who do not have much space in their homes or who live in apartment buildings **  ** 2- Which are the most popular pets ? **  ** The most popular pets are dogs and cats. Fish are popular, especially goldfish, carp, and tropical varieties. Small birds are also popular as pets, especially canaries, parakeets, and paddy birds (also called Java sparrows). Other types of pets people keep are turtles, frogs, hamsters, and mice. **

** 3- Explain the virtual pets? ** ** some people now have virtual pets on their computers, cell phones, or personal digital assistants (PDAs). For example, there is now a computer program that lets you have an aquarium with tropical fish on your monitor. The fish have eggs, and sometimes they get sick. If you forget to feed them, they die. ** ** 3) __Why do the Japanese take off their shoes__ **  ** 1- Where do they eat their meals **  ** Japanese have developed the custom of eating meals sitting on tatami mats, not on chairs. **

** 2- Why do they take off their shoes? ** ** Because they do not want to get dirty socks with the floor. ** ** 3- What do they do to prevent their socks from being dirty? ** ** Japanese homes today have one or more Western-style rooms with wooden flooring or carpets. To prevent their socks from getting dirty and their feet from getting cold, most Japanese change into slippers after taking off their shoes. **

** 4) Popular dishes with children? ** ** Japanese children enjoy both traditional dishes and those of foreign origin, like hamburg steak and curry and rice. Children also enjoy ramen (Chinese noodles), spaghetti, and other noodle dishes. **  ** 5 **** ) What is ramen? ** ** The ramen (Chinese noodles) ** ** 5) __Japanese have a long life?__ ** ** 1) What was the average Japanese life expectancy in 1940? ** ** In 1940, for instance, the average life expectancy was 49.6 years for women and 46.9 years for men. **

** 2) How long do people live now? ** ** It’s now normal for people to live to 80. **

** 3) What are the reasons for this longevity? (Name 5 reasons) ** ** The fact that Japan hasn't been involved in any wars during this period is one big reason for the increased longevity. **  ** Other factors are higher nutrition and hygiene standards, **  ** advances in medical technology, and greater **  ** access to medical services, **

** 4) Who has the longest life span in the world? Men or Women. What was their ** ** Average life expectancy in 2001. **  ** Which country comes next? **  ** Women live more. **  ** Between 2001 and 2005 the average life expectancy in Iceland was 82.8 years for women and 78.9 years for men. **  ** and The next country is Switzerland **

**__ Vocabulary __ **
2.Chinese noodles: fideos chinos 3.paddy birds: arroz de aves 4.mice: ratones 5.stores: tiendas 6.capabilities: capacidades 7.averages: medidas 8.involved: participan 9.slippers: zapatillas 10.entranceway: entrada 11foreign: extranjeros 12.fried chicken: pollo frito 13.feet: pies 14.slightly: ligeramente 15.steak: filete 16.tub: bañera 17.gold fish: peces de oro 18.however: sin embargo 19prevent: prevenir 20.roll: rollo 21.aquarium: acuario 22.longevity: longevidad 23.cell: celular 24.gatherings : reuniones 25.fireworks: fuegos artificiales 26.items: temas 27.sleeves: mangas 28.elderly: personas mayores 29.couples: parejas 30.households: hogares 31.fresher: fresco 32.care: cuidado 33.roof: techo 34.tender: licitación**
 * 1.mats: esteras

__Commentary aredopeláez__ The blog water is very interesant and has a lot information. The blog has fun activities.The videos are very importants. The blog talks about the destruction of the earth We can to help the earth. 



-we use Recycled Paper ** - Insulate Your Water Heater - **** Unplug Un-Used Electronics ** - **** Turn off Your Computer ** - **** Plant a Tree **
 * 1) List of things we already do at ho **
 * - We use Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
 * -Take Shorter Showers
 * - Air Dry Your Clothes **
 * - Bring Cloth Bags to the Market
 * -Buy The Bracelet **
 * - **** Reduce Garbage **
 * 2)List of things I hadn't thought of and surprised **
 * - **** Buy Products Locally **
 * - **** Buy Energy Certificates

- **** Buy Products Locally **
 * 3) List of things we are planning to do **
 * - **** Check Your Waterheater **
 * -Install a Low-Flow Showerhead
 * - **** Put on a Sweater **
 * - **** Ditch the Plastic **

** 4) Vocabulary List ** 5.awareness: conciencia ** **** 25.promote: promover ** **
 * 1. air conditioner : aire acondicionado **
 * 2.air filter : filtro de aire **
 * 3.amount : cantidad **
 * 4.Antactica: Antactica
 * 6.being: siendo **
 * 7.Caulk: Caulk **
 * 8.chemicals: productos químicos **
 * 9.changes: cambios **
 * 10.daily life: la vida cotidiana **
 * 11.devices: dispositivos **
 * 12.dishwasher: lavavajillas **
 * 13.doorways: puertas **
 * 14.dryer: pelo **
 * 15.empowerment: empoderamiento **
 * 16.few: pocos **
 * 17.garbage: basura **
 * 18.green tags: etiquetas verdes **
 * 19.hope : esperanza **
 * 20.hybrid: híbrido **
 * 21.Idling: Ralentí **
 * 22.Keep: Guardar **
 * 23.less: menos **
 * 24.monthly: mensual
 * 26.ream: resma **
 * 27.recommended: recomienda **
 * 28.renewable: renovables **
 * 29.replace: sustituir **
 * 30.screensaver: salvapantallas **
 * 31.shows: muestra **
 * 32.spur: espolón **
 * 33.suck up: aspirar **
 * 34.sure : seguro35.surrounding: **
 * 36.store: circundante **
 * 37.strip: almacenar **
 * 38.thermostat: termostato **
 * 39.wastes: Residuos
 * __ Comentary aredopelaez __**
 * The film fuel is very imteressant. **
 * The fuel affect at the World. **
 * The trailer talk about this. **
 * The people want to change the world but there is another way. **

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|| // **affect:** //// **afectar** // //** available: **// //** fàcil de conseguir/disponible **// //** average temperature: **////** promedio de temperatura **// //** biodiversity: **// //** Variedad de especies animales y vegetales en su medio ambiente **//**//. //** //** bio-energy **//// : // ** energia biológica ** ** climate change: **** cambio climático ** //** consumption: **// ** consumo ** ** contamination: **** contaminación ** ** crops: **** cosecha ** ** cropland: **** tierra de cultivo ** ** cultivate: **** cultivar ** ** currently: **** actualmente/ contínuamente ** ** challenge: **** retar/ desafiar ** ** damage: **** daño ** ** death: **** fallecimiento ** ** decrease **** :disminuir ** ** degradation: **** degradación ** ** degrade: **** degradar ** **// desalination: //** //** desalinización **// //** drought: **// //** sequía **// //** dry spells: **////** período seco **// //** dykes: **// //** Muro o construcción para contener las aguas **// //** environment: **////** medio ambiente **// //** emissions: **////** emisión **// //** energy efficiency: **////** rendimiento energético **// //** erosion: **////** erosión **// //** evaporation: **////** evaporación **// //** extreme weather events: **////** fenomenos meteorológicos **// //** extremos **// //** fertiliser: **////** abono **// //** flash flood: **////** avance de inundación **// //** flood: **////** inundación **// //** floodcontrol: **////** control de inundaciones **// //** food shortage: **////** escasez de alimentos **// //** GHG emissions: **////** emisiones de gases de invernadero **// //** graphs: **////** gráficos **// //** go up: **////** subir **// //** groundwater: **////** aguas subterráneas **// //** fuelfossils: **////** combustible fósil **// //** have effects on: **////** tener efectos sobre **// //** harvest: **////** cosecha **// //** heat: **////** calor **// //** heatdress: **////** vestido para el calor **// //** heatwaves: **////** olas de calor **// //** hydropower: **////** energía hidroeléctrica **// //** hydro-electric powerplangs: **// //** impact **////** :impacto **// //** IPPC: **////** prevención y el control integrado de la contaminación **// //** impounding rivers: **////** incautar los ríos **// //** increase: **////** aumentar **// //** infrastrucutre: **////** infraestructura **// //** is expected to decline: **////** se espera que la disminución **// //** is likely to decline, decrease, go down: **////** Es probable que la dismunición **// //** Kyiot Protocol: **////** Protocolo de Kioto **// //** land-use changes: **////** cambios del uso de la tierra **// //** livestock: **////** ganado **// //** measures: **////** medidas **// //** migration: **////** migración **// //** nuclear energy: **////** energia nuclear **// //** oil: **////** petroleo **// //** outbreaks: **////** brotes **// //** overheat: **////** sobrecalentamiento **// //** pollution: **////** contaminación **// //** put pressure on: **////** ejercer presión sobre **// //** power plant: **////** planta de energía **// //** pesticide: **////** pesticida **// //** pressure on..renable enery: **////** presión sobre las energías **// //** renovables **// //** recreational environments: **////** entornos recreativos **// //** reduction in: **////** reducción de la **// //** renewable energy **////** ( wind solar geothermal biomass nergy:las energias **// //** renovables(viento,solar,geotérmica,biomasa) **// //** reservoirs: **////** presas **//  //** reuse: **////** reutilización **//  //** rainfall: **////** precipitaciones **//  //** rise: **////** subir **//  //** risk: **////** riesgo **//  //** sealevel: **////** nivel del mar **//  //** soil: **////** suelo **//  //** soil erosions: **////** la erosión del suelo **//  //** storm: **////** tormenta **//  //** supply: **////** suministrar **//  //** sustainability: **////** sostenibilidad **//  //** threat: **////** amenaza **//  //** wastewater: **////** aguas residuales **//  //** waste water reuse: **////** reutilización de aguas residuales **//  //** waste water treatment: **////** tratamiento de aguas residuales **//  //** windpower: **//  //** Watersupply: **////** suministro de agua **//  //** Irrigationwater: **////** riego de agua **// //** water availability: **////** disponibilidad de agua **// //** waterlogging: **////** entrar agua **// //** water supply: **////** ebastecimiento de agua **// //** water sarcity: **// //** water stresss: **// //** widespread: **////** generalizada **// //** water shortage: **////** escasez de agua **// //** water demand: **////** demanda de agua **// //** water-borne disease: **////** enfermedades transmitidas por el agua **// //** water management: **////** gestión del agua **// //** waterways: **////** vías navegables **// //** warning systems, forecasting system: **////** sistemas de alerta,sistemas de predicción **// //** wildfire: **////** incendios forestales **// //** yields: **////** ceder/producir **//
 * bio crops: ** ** cosecha biológica **
 * bio diesel: ** ** coche biológico **
 * coal: ** ** carbón **
 * carbon dioxide: ** ** dióxido de carbono **
 * clean energy: ** ** energias renovables **
 * costs: ** //** precio de coste **//
 * dam: ** ** presa **
 * __ Commentary aredopeláez __**
 * I think that the dossier of climate change has a lot of information. **
 * It is true that climate change is a problem that requires global and local responses. **
 * Reported its causes such as percipitaciones, and forestales fire. **
 * The effect caused in coastal areas, on the ground and their uses. **** (Agriculture and fisheries) **
 * but also talk about some solutions to this change. **
 * The effect caused in coastal areas, on the ground and their uses. **** (Agriculture and fisheries) **
 * but also talk about some solutions to this change. **

**Questions task4 ** **Questions Power point task4 December 2nd2008 Type the answers in a different colour!!!** ** Greenhouse gases are substances found naturally in our atmosphere. ** ** The Earth’s temperature would be below 60 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. ** ** 5) What causes carbon dioxide to exist? ** ** But the carbon dioxide humans are adding to the atmosphere from the cars we drive, the electricity we use in our homes schools, & buildings, and the factories that make our toys, furniture and steel are trapping too much reflected heat from the sun. **
 * 1) What are greenhouse gases? **
 * 2) What do they do? ** ** These greenhouse gases make it possible for life here on Earth by trapping the sun’s heat. The Earth’s temperature would be below 60 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. **
 * 3) How much would the temperature on earth be without them? **
 * 4) How many degrees celcius is that? **
 * 26 degrees Celsius. **
 * 6) What is the carbon dioxide trapping?

** 9)How does the earth show her fever(6 items) **
 * 7) In the powerpoint, Greenhouse gases are compared to **** … **** blankets…….. **** that are making the earth too hot. But the earth can’t just **** … **** Kick… **** the gases and…cool of... **
 * 8) How much (in Fahrenheit) has the average temperature ** ** risen on earth in the last 150 years? **
 * The average temperature of Earth is 57 degrees. **
 * In the last 150 years it has risen 1 degree. **
 * - ** ** The earth is sensitive, just like your body. **
 * - When you have a fever, you feel yucky. Your eyes hurt and your muscles ache. **
 * - ** ** Her glaciers and polar ice caps melt. **
 * -Her oceans warm up, causing stronger hurricanes. ****

- ** ** Heat waves become more common. Wildfires intensify. ** ** 10)What does damage mean? ** ** During the summer of 2003, Europe had one of the warmest years on record and thousands died. ** ** In 2005, one downpour in India brought 37 inches of rain in 24 hours. That’s as tall as the first three steps of a ladder! ** ** 15)How can an increase in wind speed turn into a hurricane? ** ** For example, warmer land temperatures can increase wind speed. Put that wind over a warm ocean, like the Gulf of Mexico, and it can turn into a hurricane like we had with Katrina. ** ** ** 18)Describe the industrial revolution. (4 items)
 * - Flooding increases. Droughts worsen. **
 * Injury of harm that reduces volve or use fullness. **
 * 11)What damage did the disastrous flooding in the Midwest cause? **
 * - **** 2-5 million acres of crops destroyed. **
 * - 35,000 – 40,000 people evacuated from homes. **
 * - 83 of 99 Iowa counties declared disaster areas. **
 * - Destruction in Cedar Rapids alone cost over $1.5 billion. **
 * 12) What happened in Europe in 2003 **
 * 13)whathappened in India in 2005? **
 * 14) How much is an inch? **** 2.45 centimeters **** . **
 * 16)What’s the difference between weather and climate?
 * Weather is what it feels like outside right now. **
 * Climate is what it feels like outside over the course of time. **
 * 17)What is happening to polar bears (3items)? **
 * - **** The sea ice that they dive from to look for food is melting, so they are forced to swim farther to find solid ice to stand on. **
 * - They are literally drowning from exhaustion. **
 * - Scientists say we will lose two-thirds of all polar bears in the next 50 years.

- Over 150 years ago, a period of great progress began. It was called the Industrial Revolution. ** 19)Which are the fossil fuels? **** The fossil fuels are oil, coal and gas natural.
 * -F actories were built to produce items like iron and steel, which became our skyscrapers. **
 * - The invention of the light bulb brought electricity into the home, where before there was only candlelight. **
 * - The steam engine helped our trains move across the country and later, evolved into the combustion engine that powered the first cars. **

** ** Fossil Fuels were formed around the time of dinosaurs from carbon buried deep in the ground millions of years ago. ** ** It releases buried carbon into the atmosphere. Then it mixes with oxygen to become carbon dioxide. ** The earth can’t handle so much carbon dioxide.
 * 20) How were the fossil fuels formed? **
 * 21) What is carbon dioxide?? How does it form? **
 * 22)Can the earth absorb the buried Carbon we release? ****

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 * 23) What is the second largest contributor to global warming? **
 * The second contributor is coal.

**** 24) Why are the trees being cut down? (4 items). **** - ** ** Farmers cut trees to make room for their crops or their animals to graze. **
 * - Engineers cut trees to make room for pipelines. **
 * - L umber companies cut trees to build houses. **
 * - Paper companies cut trees for our toilet paper, paper towels and printer paper. **


 * 25)What is a piggy bank? **
 * The Piggy bank is Money box.

** we’re leaving carbon footprints in our atmosphere.
 * 26)Give 2 examples of renewable energy. **
 * Solar panels and wind turbines are examples of renewable energy. **
 * 27)What is”Your daily Carbon footprint”. ****

**** 28) Do cows emit carbon dioxide when they graze? ** ** Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs **  **** 32)What are canvas bags? **
 * When grazing, cows emit methane (from both ends!) **
 * 29) What does unplug mean? **
 * Unplug cell phone, ipod, gameboy and computer chargers from the wall. **
 * 30) What are CFL’s? **
 * 31)If every home replaced 5 light bulbs with CFL’s it would be like… **** taking 8 million cars off the road for a year!   **
 * 32) What is”car pool”? **
 * Carpool to school with friends or even skateboard, scooter or ride your bike! **
 * 33)The average home is responsible for…….
 * Canvas bags **** are made from trees **** and bring when you shop.

** ** Use re-usable containers for your lunch and start a no-waste lunch policy at your school. **
 * 33)What are plastic bags made of? **
 * Plastic bags is made from oil. **
 * 34) What could you do at school? **
 * Be a meat reducer by eating meat one day less a week. **
 * Try to convince the school office to go paperless and email parents as much as possible **
 * Plan a fundraiser to buy your school CFL light bulbs or replace an old water heater **

=**OKINAWA**=

Okinawa in the last 13 years has more centenarians than in prefectures of Japan. Most elderly people in Okinawa have an independent spirit. They receive support from their families and the people who surround them. So 80% of older people live alone or with company of your spouse and without care of a hospital or residential care. Okinawa is a village of 3,500 inhabitants, 1056 are people older than 65 years and there are 80 people over 90. It is the primary community with the longest longevity of life, Ogimi Village. It is a coast with the sea to the west and mountains to the east. The city is famous as the home of Bashofu (banana fiber). However, there is not much work available in the city many people have left for other parts of Japan or elsewhere in the prefecture the Japan. Older people, live in a very united city and they have a very balanced lifestyle. Their diet are vegetables sometimes cultivated in their own gardens, along with the tofu. They eat pork and fish several times a week and the soup mixed with various vegetables. When a person is sick, they eat the test of time “Kusuimun (healthy food), food-specific disease. At festivals, the elderly are very important, this is a good way for them to maintain relationships with people living in the other places and those living in the village. Older people enjoy recreational activities such as gate ball, dancing and singing accompanied by the shamisen. The grandparents now live 100 years, TIMES MAGAZINE COVER: said that the secret of longevity of life in Asia was due to the diet plan Okinawa Lean. Who take a special drink before bedtime: a mixture of garlic, honey, turmeric and aloe awamori in the landfill, the distilled liquor. In 2001 it wrote a book called "The Okinawa Program" of America who arrived in the best-seller lists. The authors Makoto Suzuki, J. Bradley Willcox, a geriatrics fellow at theformer Harvard Medical School, and his twin brother, D. Craig Willcox, medical anthropologist, found that the elders of Okinawa had the clean arteries and low cholesterol. Heart disease, breast cancer and prostate cancer are rare, which was attributed to consumption of locally grown plants and large quantities of tofu and seaweed, And a strict low-stress life. Children are not a hope living longer than their grandparents are still growing because the lifestyle that Americans (hamburgesas). They should learn the reasons for the famous longevity and act now to restore your health before it is too late. Government has launched a plan Healthy.





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