1. Unit 11 Think Before You Throw
Extension Activities
Alice Chiu

2. Main Menu Activity One: Tips on Environmental Protection
Activity Two: More about “As…as possible”

3. Tips on Environmental Protection
Activity One
Tips on Environmental Protection
Reference:

4. Instruction
In this activity, you are going to learn some tips on how to protect the environment, starting doing something helpful at your home.
Remember, your effort can contribute to save the energy and clean the world.

5. Now watch this film first.

6. Protect our Environment
Save Electricity
Save Water
Save Energy
When you shop
Waste Disposal
Recycle
Quiz on recycling

7. Save Electricity 1-6
Saving electricity means protecting our environment. Turn off television, radio or stereos when you are not using them.
That little standby light means that they’re still using power—turn it off, too

8. Save Water 2-6
Don’t leave the water running when you are not using it.
Collect the water which is used to wash vegetables to water your houseplants.

9. Save Energy 3-6 Car pools. (汽車共乘) Use rechargeable batteries.
Send e-greetings cards instead of paper cards.

10. When You Shop 4-6 Take your own bags.
Look for products that have less packaging.
Don’t buy bottled water if you can because transporting water from it source to the supermarket shelves is an expensive waste of energy.

11. Waste Disposal 5-6
Help reduce the world’s rubbish dumps—don’t use “throw-away” products like paper plates and napkins or plastic knives, forks, and cups.
Find out if there is a disposal location for used car batteries and another hazardous (危險的) household wastes.

12. Recycling 6-6 Let’s play a recycling quiz
Recycle your paper, glass, and other waste.
Use as much recycled paper as possible.
Let’s play a recycling quiz

13. Quiz 1-5 Finish the Poem name again Clean-up is our favorite game
We call it “recycling” by __________ .
Many things can be used __________.
They all go into the recycle can.
name
again

14. Quiz 2-5 Which of the following items can not be recycled?
Press Enter for Answers.

15. Quiz 2-5 Which of the following items can not be recycled? shoes
bird (parrot)
plant
shoes
toy

16. Quiz 3-5 Name three materials that can be recycled. newspapers/paper
Possible Answers:
newspapers/paper
aluminum cans
milk jugs
plastic soda bottles
cardboard
plastic
magazines

17. Quiz 4-5
What does the recycle symbol look like?

18. Quiz 5-5 Give three reasons why we should recycle?
Possible Answers:
To keep the landfill from getting bigger.
To make the air cleaner.
To save energy.
To conserve natural resources.
To allow things to be used more than once instead of throwing them away.

19. Your Turn
Please think as many ways as possible to keep our environment clean and safe.

20. End of Activity One
Back to the Main Menu

21. More about “as…as possible”
Activity Two
More about “as…as possible”

22. as…as possible as…as one can/could
Instruction
Now that you have learned the pattern “as…as possible,” you must know how to answer the following questions.
as…as possible as…as one can/could

23. Why are you still watching TV. The finals are in sight
Why are you still watching TV? The finals are in sight. You should study as ______ as you can.
hard

24. It is not easy to earn money, so I should spend as _______________ as possible. Even though the store is having a sale, I don’t buy easily.
little (money)

25. Jenny is on a diet. She eats as ____________ as possible.
little (food)

26. Why are you late again? I have told you many times that you should get up as ______ as possible.
early

27. When the teacher asks you questions, you should answer as ______________ as possible so that the whole class can hear you.
loudly/ clearly

28. It is not very easy to drive in Taipei
It is not very easy to drive in Taipei. The traffic so heavy that you have to drive as _________ as possible.
carefully

29. When you are catching a cold, try to drink as ____________ as possible.
much water

30. In the library, we should talk as ________ as possible so as not to disturb others.
quietly

31. Jane is saving as _______________ as she can so that he can buy a new computer.
much (money)

32. Hurry up! We are going to miss the bus. Let’s run as _____ as we can.
fast

33. End of Activity Two
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