Unit: 5; Lesson 5 (B): A friend of the Earth
LETâS SAVE OUR PLANET!
āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ!
Everyone must play a part in protecting the environment. There are many things you can do on your own every day to help save the planet. Here are some suggestions.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž.
REDUCE!
Really, the best thing we can do for the planet is to use less of it. Our consumer society is mainly responsible for the environmental crisis.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§!
āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ, āĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĨ¤
Here are some questions you can ask yourself before buying something, âDo I really need this?â or âIs there another product which would do the same thing but more sustainable?â
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨, “āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°?” āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž “āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻ¸āĻ?”
Or ask the question, âWill this last a long time?â Some other questions may be, âDo I know how this item was made, how it will be used and how it will be disposed of?â
āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨, “āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ˛āĻŦā§?” āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§, “āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§?”
REUSE!
What do you think of using your own ceramic cup or mug at your school or local club? It means there are no plastic cups to throw away.
āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨!
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¨? āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤
You can wash it and reuse it every day. Unfortunately, we are encouraged to buy a new âimprovedâ item even if the one we have can be repaired or reused.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ “āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤” āĻāĻāĻā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
When we buy things, we should buy items which are durable; we should use them properly, and have them repaired when necessary.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻ¸āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤; āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ˇ
If we practise this, many things can not only last a life-time, but also be passed on to future.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
However, If something is truly unusable for its original purposes, try to be more creative and think of how else it might be used.
āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻšā§āĻ, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
When youâre done with it, think of whether someone else might be able to use it. You can donate some of the things to the poor.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
You may also sell some of your used items through personal ads in a local newspaper.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
RECYCLE!
Rather than throwing an item out when neither you nor anyone else can make use of it, have it recycled.
āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛!
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
And while recycling is not possible, it is better to send goods to a landfill or have them burned up.
āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§, āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
Find out what types of materials can be recycled in your area. Clean and sort the materials before putting them out in the bin.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻ°āĻŖāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Recycling your drink and food cans means there will be less trash in a resource recovery facility or landfill.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Moreover, a company can use the old cans to make new ones.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
01.  Planet (n)
02.  Sustainable (adj) 03.  Dispose (v) 04.  Ceramic (n) 05.  Improved (adj) 06.  Creative (adj) 07.  Landfill (n) 08.  Recycled (adj) 09.  Sort (n. v) 10.  Bin (n) 11.  Recover (n) |
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