Online Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

recycling – the process of turning waste into reusable materials

ex. Recycling is very important for the environment.

contaminate – when sth becomes dirty/harmful/dangerous when you mix it/put together with other things

ex. Some plastics cannot be recycled because they will contaminate when you melt them.

ex. Don’t drink this water because it is contaminated.

landfill – place where rubbish goes

endlessly – unlimited

ex. Glass can be endlessly recycled.

metal – the material like can, computers etc.

ex. metal cans

reduce, reuse and recycle 

reduce – use less

reuse – use again

Grammar

race – for sports

ex. swimming race

competition – others

ex. spelling/debate/maths competition

The national holiday is not for us to rest, is for us to review.

She said, “National holiday is not for you to rest, it’s for you to review.”

You can recycle plastic, newspaper, glass….

There are seven groups of plastics and five of them can’t be recycled.

They’re made up of more than one type of plastic and will contaminate when melted down.

In 100, the bottles of waters of plastic we only bottles of clean water plastic.

Out of 100 bottles of plastic, only 9 bottles are clean.

Plastic cannot be recycled again and again 

Glass, on the other hand, can be recycled endlessly.

It can be recycled. We can use this recycled metal to make some metal other things in our house.

It can be recycled. We can use this recycled metal to make new metal items that we can find at home.

No, not everyone has done a good job at recycling.