Task 1. Read the text. Take action!
If you care about the environment, you will really enjoy this month's newsletter. Let's go to Costa Rica and see how one determined teenager has tried to change the world.
Janine Licare was only nine years old when she decided to take action. She was worried because the rainforest around her home in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, was disappearing. The animals and birds were disappearing too. So, together with a friend, Janine started a campaign to protect her local environment. They called it Kids Saving the Rainforest.
The aims of Kids Saving the Rainforest are to teach children about the rainforest and to help the animals that live there, especially the endangered Monoo Titi monkey.
Janine has achieved a lot. She has
- raised more than $50,000
- planted over 4,800 trees
- found over 250 volunteers to work with her helped many injured birds and animals
- started a variety of different projects,such as 'Adopt-a-tree'
- worked with other schoolchildren
around the world
- developed an environmental library and research centre.
Janine has appeared in several
magazines, and she has been on the National Geographic TV channel as well. She has also developed a special website:
www.kidssavingtherainforest.org. 'It is very important that we save the rainforest. If the rainforest disappears, then so will our planet.' Janine Licare
Read the text again. For each sentence write TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN (not given in the text).
2. She has a very popular website.
Верных ответов: 1
Not Given
False
True
Before you start writing, you need to decide exactly what you’ll write about and do the necessary research.If you have to come up with your own topic for an assignment, think of what you’ve covered in class—is there a particular area that intrigued, interested, or even confused you? Topics that left you with additional questions are perfect, as these are questions you can explore in your writing.
The scope of your topics depends on what type of text you’re writing—for example, an essay, a research paper or a dissertation. Don’t pick anything too ambitious to cover within the word count, or too limited for you to find much to say.
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