Online Class Notes (Jesse)

Nowadays，environmental issues affect all countries, so lots of environmental protection organizations from different countries and regions are arousing people’s attention to environmental protection in different ways. In July, in Croatia，people held an activity which is called “ July no plastic” in city square. “July no plastic” was born in Australia，and its major objective was to call on people to stop using disposable plastics and their products in every July. According to the report from BBC, plastic pollution is getting serious, and till year 2040, there will be more than 1 billion and 300 million tons plastics in the world. In coming 20 years, it is hard to calculate the exact number of the plastics., if we place all plastics on the ground, there will be 1.5 times UK land area. To some extent, COVID-19 has hindered the pace of stopping the use of plastic products. Some statistics showed that the consumption of disposable plastic products increased by 250%-300% because of the consumption growth of disposable tableware, packaging and personal protective equipment. It brought us some new questions: In order to avoid infection, we use some disposable materials, but are there any environmentally materials that can replace them， and who can help us to produce them？

Nowadays / These days / Today，environmental issues affect all countries, so lots of environmental protection organizations from different countries and regions are arousing / bringing people’s attention / interest / passion to environmental protection in different ways. In July, in Croatia (“crow ay sha”)，people held an activity which is called “ July no plastic” in the city square. “July no plastic” was born in Australia，and its major objective was to call on people to stop using disposable plastics and their products in every July. According to the report from the BBC, plastic pollution is getting serious, and as of the year 2040 / in 2040, there will be more than 1 billion, 300 million / 1.3 billion tons of plastic in the world. In the coming 20 years, it is hard to calculate the exact number of the plastic. If we place all plastic on the ground, there will be 1.5 times the land area of the UK / of the UK’s land area. To some extent, COVID-19 has hindered the pace of our move away from the use of plastic products. Some statistics showed that the consumption of disposable plastic products increased by 250%-300% because of the consumption growth of disposable tableware, packaging and personal protective equipment. It brought us some new questions: In order to avoid infection, we use some disposable materials, but are there any environmentally friendly materials that can replace them， and who can help us to produce them？

Vocabulary

arouse – to bring some feeling naturally
eg. this projects aroused people’s interest in environmental protection.

wares – products
eg. we store many wares in the warehouse

tableware – cups, plates, knives, and forks etc that we use at the dinner table
eg. when I moved into a new house I needed to buy some new tableware

pollution – dirty things in nature
eg. air pollution was a big problem in Beijing many years ago

hinder – slow down / prevent / stop
eg. COVID is hindering our efforts to complete the project

as of now, Jesse and Denise have had 60 classes – the situation now is we already had 60 classes

1500 – 1 thousand 500
1550 – 1 thousand 500 and 50
1005 – 1 thousand and 5
1,000,500 – 1 million, 500

(…..) – bracket

I earn 20,000 dollars a year

($0 – 25,000)

erode

Grammar

she immigrated to canada for a long time – she immigrated to canada a long time ago / she has been living in Canada for a long time since she immigrated 

1 people
1 person

Pronunciation

breath (n)
breathe (v)
eg. It’s hard to breathe / I can’t breathe 
eg2. I’m trying to take a breath but it’s difficult

euro – “you row“