F2F Class Notes (Sonia)[R/S]

nutrition(n):the substances that you take into yourbody as food and the way that they influence your health

e.g everyday we need some kind of nutrition from different kinds of food

brand identity: what makes the brand known, popular and unique

e.g apple’s brand identity is to make people use their products easily

glitter(n): a very shiny tiny pieces of plastic used for party decoration, or can be used on clothing

e.g glitter is bad for our environment so we need to try and control it

glittery(adj) synonym=sparkly (light get scattered)

e.g the woman wore a glittery piece of clothing

digest(v): to break down food in your body

e.g after we intake food our body will digest it

eyelid(n): the piece of skin that covers our eye

e.g women like to put makeup on their eyelids

Synthetic(Adj): products are made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product.

e.g I’m trying to buy some clothing which is not made from synthetic material

mineral (v) a valuable or useful chemicalsubstance that is formed naturally in the ground

e.g we intake essential minerals from food everyday

Pronunciation

said:sed

bad:bæd

*open your mouth more and raise the tone on the ‘a’

synthetic: sɪnˈθet.ɪk

gh:ALWAYS SILENT

digest/ damage/ *gel: SOFT G in the middle unless it is GG then it is hurd

if the g is at the beginning or end it will be a HARD G

Its The article talks about the micro particles impact on our environment. This kind of micro-particles, glitter, are in some cosmetics so we need to ban to use this micro-particles. The glitters will enter into the ocean but the fish cannot digest it, so it will stays in our food chain, it thismeans it will damage our body bad

• try to use more conjunctions to connect your points and sentences

What else do you think is damaging to the environment that people are not aware of?

You know a lot of person peoplethey will order food from an app or websites there will be a lot of takeaway packaging like plastic or paper. It seriously impacts our environment because it will take a long time to breakdown.

Scientists are highlighting the damage that glitter does to our seas, oceans and environment. The scientists are calling for a worldwide ban on the sparkly, shiny pieces of plastic that decorate everything from eyelids to greetings cards to furniture. Scientists from New Zealand’s Massey University say glitter is a micro-plastic and should therefore be banned. They say a considerable amount of glitter ends up in the world’s oceans. Fish cannot digest it and it does not break down, so it stays in the food chain. Professor Richard Thompson conducted research in the seas around the United Kingdom. He found that plastic particles were discovered in about one-third of the fish caught.

Micro-plastics are tiny pieces of plastic that are less than five millimeters long. Most glitter produced around the world falls into the category of micro-plastics. Dr Trisia Farrelly told Britain’s “Independent” newspaper: “I think all glitter should be banned because it’s a micro-plastic.” Professor Thompson said: “I was quite concerned when somebody bought my daughters some shower gel that had glitter particles in it. That stuff is going to escape down the plughole and potentially enter the environment.” Some cosmetics companies are now discontinuing their use of plastic glitter. The company Lush stated: “We’ve avoided micro-plastics by switching to synthetic and mineral glitter.”