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The Green Generation

The document discusses teenagers taking action against environmental pollution. It describes the organization called YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity) started by California teenagers to address the issue. The YES philosophy is that unless kids take matters into their own hands, no progress will be made in protecting the environment. Teenagers have some economic power as a group since they spend around $80 billion annually in the U.S. They are using this influence to pressure manufacturers to be more environmentally friendly by threatening not to buy products from companies that do not change their practices. Some major corporations like Burger King and Star-Kist have already made changes in response to demands from ecological groups led by young people.

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The Green Generation

The document discusses teenagers taking action against environmental pollution. It describes the organization called YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity) started by California teenagers to address the issue. The YES philosophy is that unless kids take matters into their own hands, no progress will be made in protecting the environment. Teenagers have some economic power as a group since they spend around $80 billion annually in the U.S. They are using this influence to pressure manufacturers to be more environmentally friendly by threatening not to buy products from companies that do not change their practices. Some major corporations like Burger King and Star-Kist have already made changes in response to demands from ecological groups led by young people.

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VOCABULARY  Youngsters: another way to say

young
 Current: Nowadays
 Advertising: publicity
 Spokesperson: Who speaks in the
 Warn: to note caution
name of some group of people
 Pollute: to contaminate EXPRESSIONS
 Figure out: understand
foot the bill: pagar la cuenta
 Therefore: consequently
 Poll: like a survey; elections is booming: estar en auge
kids are sharp: los chicos son astutos

Read the next Reading and focus on the bold type words

THE GREEN GENERATION


Who is going to pay the price if the current generation continues to pollute
the environment? Today’s children will foot the bill. California teenagers
who figured this out have started an organization called YES (Youth for
Environment Sanity). As one member of YES indicates, “Adults didn’t
learn about the environment when they were growing up”. Therefore, YES
members believe that unless kids depend on themselves, nothing is going
to happen. The group is realistic but hopeful. Spokesperson Sol Solomon
express the YES philosophy in a few words: “Who says we can’t save the
earth? If we don’t save it for ourselves, nobody is going to save it for
us”. A lot of this hope is based on teenagers’ growing economic power.
According to one nationwide poll, U.S. teenagers spend about $80 billion a
year: Using that power; kids’ ecology groups have told some
manufacturers, “We won’t buy your products unless you change the
way you do business”.
Youngsters have forced giant food corporation such as Burger King and
Star-Kist to change. Now if kids are against to a product for
environmental reasons, manufacturers will listen.
Partly because companies want kids to buy their products, “green”
advertising (advertising that mentions a company’s worry about the
environment) is booming. But environmental groups tell companies that
they had better actually solve problems and not just spend money on
advertising. “Kids are sharp”, warns one spokesperson. “They’ll figure it
out fast if manufacturers practice false advertising”.
Source: Nancy Max Botter, “Making a difference”. Focus on Grammar. Page 115

Explain the main idea. What is it about?


What is YES philosophy?
What is the strategy that teenagers can use to persuade the
manufactures?

LET’S TALK ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING. DO YOU


BELIEVE IN IT? WHY?

You can use the next vocabulary


Atmosphere Carbon dioxide Fossil fuel
The greenhouse effect Climate Solar energy
Ecosystem Risk factor Extinct

CLIMATE CHANGE BASICS


https://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/environment/climate-change/climate-
change-listening-activities.html
https://youtu.be/ScX29WBJI3w
Let`s talk about the video using the grammar learnt
Future + connector + result in present
The sea levels will rise if the planet continues to heat up
Global warming will be a great problem unless we do something
now
While days are passing the garbage is increasing

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