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    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 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 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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