What is e-waste?

1.

What is e-waste?

2.

Look at the graph about e-waste.
Which of these devices do you own?
Which have you replaced recently?
What did you do with the old ones?

3.

Before reading learn new words.
поддержать
to back up
медленно
gradually
уменьшать
to reduce
big
важно
deal
landfill
свалка
подводить
to conclude
итог
протекать
to leak
to
убеждать
convince
noбез
doubt
сомнений
about it
to
чинить
repair
to
капать
drip
медленно
to oozeтечь
почва
soil
to
бросать
dump
скорость
pace
налог
tax
выделять
to emit
toубеждать
persuade
ядовитый
toxic
дым, испарение
fume
перерабатывать
to recycle
отходы
соглашение
treaty
заправлять
to refill
(картриджи)
выбрасывать (в-ва в
to release
атмосферу)

4.

Кадмий
Хром
Свинец
Ртуть

5.

What is e-waste? How can it be a problem? Read the text to find out.
Text 1
Text 2
Text 3
E-waste is electronic rubbish
like old computers.
E-waste can damage
the environment if it
is not dealt with
properly.

6.

Read the texts and find the best word for each gap. Compare with
your partner.

7.

Read the texts and match each text (A-G) with its heading (1-8). You
can only use each heading once. There is one extra heading.
Text 1
5
8
Text 3
Text 2
6
2
4
1
3

8.

Match the words/phrases in bold with their meanings below.
currently
outdated
gradually
dumped
harm
toxic
pace
treaties
components
what’s the big
deal
Agreements
Parts
At
Old-fashioned
the
moment
Why
isPoisonous
this
important
Speed
Little
Thrown
by
away
little
Damage
Give
for
free
donate

9.

Use some of the words in bold in the text in the correct form to
complete the sentences.
currently
dumped
harm
toxic
pace
treaties
components
what’s the big
deal
outdated
gradually
donate

10.

Prepare to give a talk my making notes under the headings in the table.

11.

Read the saying. What does it mean to you? Discuss.
I think the saying means
that waste affects
everyone in a negative way.