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Unit: 5; Lesson 5 (B): A friend of the Earth

LET’S SAVE OUR PLANET!

āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻžāĻ‡!

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°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ 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.

āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹!

āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡, āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻ° āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻœ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§€āĨ¤

Here are some questions you can ask yourself before buying something, “Do I really need this?” or “Is there another product which would do the same thing but more sustainable?”

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°?” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž “āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻ¸āĻ‡?”

Or ask the question, “Will this last a long time?” Some other questions may be, “Do I know how this item was made, how it will be used and how it will be disposed of?”

āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨, “āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡?” āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡, “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻŸā§‡āĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°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° āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨!

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ— āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨? āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

You can wash it and reuse it every day. Unfortunately, we are encouraged to buy a new “improved” item even if the one we have can be repaired or reused.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤, āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ “āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤” āĻ†āĻ‡āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°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.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻ¸āĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ˇ

If we practise this, many things can not only last a life-time, but also be passed on to future.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ“ āĻšāĻ˛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¯āĻžāĻ‡āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻœāĻ¨āĻļā§€āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

When you’re done with it, think of whether someone else might be able to use it. You can donate some of the things to the poor.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻž āĻ­ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ—āĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

You may also sell some of your used items through personal ads in a local newspaper.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°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¸āĻžāĻ‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ˛!

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡, āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

And while recycling is not possible, it is better to send goods to a landfill or have them burned up.

āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯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.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻāĻœā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤

Recycling your drink and food cans means there will be less trash in a resource recovery facility or landfill.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ†āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Moreover, a company can use the old cans to make new ones.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛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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