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    This document provides information about the documentary "A Plastic Ocean" and includes a preparation task related to vocabulary about plastic waste. The documentary examines the problems caused by plastic waste ending up in the oceans. It looks at how plastic can be dangerous to sea animals and human health. The preparation task matches vocabulary like "crisis", "degrade", and "landfill site" with their definitions. Then multiple choice questions assess understanding about details from the documentary trailer, such as how many tons of plastic are dumped in oceans each year. The document encourages thinking about what individuals can do to help address the large amount of plastic pollution in oceans.

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    This document provides information about the documentary "A Plastic Ocean" and includes a preparation task related to vocabulary about plastic waste. The documentary examines the problems caused by plastic waste ending up in the oceans. It looks at how plastic can be dangerous to sea animals and human health. The preparation task matches vocabulary like "crisis", "degrade", and "landfill site" with their definitions. Then multiple choice questions assess understanding about details from the documentary trailer, such as how many tons of plastic are dumped in oceans each year. The document encourages thinking about what individuals can do to help address the large amount of plastic pollution in oceans.

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    This document provides information about the documentary "A Plastic Ocean" and includes a preparation task related to vocabulary about plastic waste. The documentary examines the problems caused by plastic waste ending up in the oceans. It looks at how plastic can be dangerous to sea animals and human health. The preparation task matches vocabulary like "crisis", "degrade", and "landfill site" with their definitions. Then multiple choice questions assess understanding about details from the documentary trailer, such as how many tons of plastic are dumped in oceans each year. The document encourages thinking about what individuals can do to help address the large amount of plastic pollution in oceans.

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    This document provides information about the documentary "A Plastic Ocean" and includes a preparation task related to vocabulary about plastic waste. The documentary examines the problems caused by plastic waste ending up in the oceans. It looks at how plastic can be dangerous to sea animals and human health. The preparation task matches vocabulary like "crisis", "degrade", and "landfill site" with their definitions. Then multiple choice questions assess understanding about details from the documentary trailer, such as how many tons of plastic are dumped in oceans each year. The document encourages thinking about what individuals can do to help address the large amount of plastic pollution in oceans.

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    FULL NAME: _________________________________________________________

    A Plastic Ocean is a new documentary that looks at the problems that are caused when plastic waste goes
    into the sea.
    Do the preparation task first. Then watch the trailer and find out more about how plastic can be dangerous
    to sea animals and human health. Then do the exercise. Remember you can read the transcript at any time.
    1. Preparation
    Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write ah next to the numbers 18.
    1.. a crisis
    2.. to degrade
    3.. a landfill site
    4.. to dump
    5.. to endure
    6.. a free diver
    7.. a fraction of something
    8.. pristine

    a. an area where waste is buried under the ground


    b. a small part of something
    c. a difficult or dangerous situation that needs urgent attention
    d. a diver who holds their breath under water
    e. in perfect condition
    f. to get rid of something quickly without worrying about it
    g. to suffer
    h. to break down into smaller substances

    2. Check your understanding: multiple choice


    Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw and circle the best answer to these
    questions.
    1. When did the first narrator start following blue whales?
    a. When he was a teenager
    b. When he was a child
    c. When he was an adult
    2. How many tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans every year?
    a. 8 million
    b. 5 million
    c. 9 million
    3. What does the narrator do for a living?
    a. Hes a TV presenter.
    b. Hes a diver.
    c. Hes a journalist.

    4. How does the free diver feel about her work helping to clean the oceans?
    a. That more people should do it
    b. That its her way to pay back the ocean for all the pleasure it has given her
    c. That its an impossible job
    5. Why is the plastic in the ocean never going to degrade?
    a. Because it has nowhere to go
    b. Because there is too much of it
    c. Because more and more is being dumped daily
    6. How many pieces of plastic were found in a ninety-day-old chick?
    a. 256
    b. 266
    c. 276
    7. What has been built on the landfill sites?
    a. Beaches including resorts for tourists
    b. Factories including plastic bottle factories
    c. Communities including their food production
    8. What does the main narrator believe is possible?
    a. He believes change is possible and it starts with us.
    b. He believes change is possible if we stop buying plastic bottles.
    c. He believes change is possible if we stop throwing bottles in the ocean.
    3. Do you use a lot of plastic?
    What do you think we can do, as individuals, to help improve the problem of having too much plastic in
    our oceans?

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