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Curricular: Citizenship h
1 Read the title of the text, the introduction and the
subheadings. How do you think sharing can help
individuals and the communities they live in? Read to
find out.
2 Read again and think of the word which best fits each
gap (1-12), as in the example. Use only one word in each
gap. Compare with a partner.
3 Fill in: drill, schemes , dust, rid , spirit, terrible , reusable, close,
share, space.
1 community ........................
2 power ...............................
3 to live ........................... by
4 share .................................
5 to ............................. a car
6 to gather ...........................
7 to get ........................... of
8 .................................. stuff
9 garden ..............................
10 ................................ waste
Waste and consumerism seem to rule our modern world, but here are some caring, sharing ways to keep
landfills low, keep money in our pockets and get back that lost community spirit, too!
When did you last look in your wardrobe
and consider how many of your clothes you
haven’t worn in the last 6 months? One way
to pass them on to someone 8) ..................
will wear them is to organise a ‘clothes swap
party’ with your friends or neighbours. Not
only will you get rid 9) .................. things
you don’t want anymore without just
throwing them 10) .................., you might
just get a whole new wardrobe for yourself
too! You can do the same with books and
other possessions 11) .................. are just
gathering dust around your house. Also,
don’t forget that 12) .................. are now
dozens of Internet sites to help you share,
swap or give away reusable ‘stuff’.
How often do you use a
lawnmower, a ladder or a power
drill in your household? Probably
not very often, so why not share
items 0) like these through a
neighbourhood share scheme?
Many schemes like Australia’s ‘The
Sharehood’ allow members to see
what people 1) .................. live
close to them would like to lend or
borrow. If there isn’t anything like
this in your neighbourhood, you
could set one 2) .................. or just
agree with your neighbours to
share 3) .................. items. Another
idea is to share garden space.
consumerism, rule, landfill,
community spirit, lawnmower, ladder,
power drill, drop sth off, ownership,
dust, dozens, swap, reusable
Check these words
One of the biggest costs 4) ..................
days to both our wallets and the
environment is transport. But now
there are around 200 city bike sharing
schemes around the world which let
you borrow a bike from a ‘sharing
station’ and drop it off at another one.
No bike sharing in your town or city
yet? If your destination is
5) .................. far away to walk to, how
about carpooling? On average, a car is
used 6) .................. about an hour a
day, but it costs about £5,000 per year
to run. This is a terrible waste, but
there are now thousands of
neighbourhood-based car sharing
systems in cities around the world that
enable you to find a car 7) ..................
you need one, without the costs and
responsibility of ownership.
4 Listen and read
the text. Which ideas would
you like to try? Why? Tell the
class, using the phrases in
Ex. 3.
Think!
5 Do some research to find
out about a community
sharing scheme e.g. Freecycle.
Find out: what it’s called, what
its purpose is, how it’s used.
Tell the class.
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