Pollution Discussion
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
| 1) | What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘pollution’? |
| 2) | What different forms of pollution do you know of? |
| 3) | How bad is pollution in your town? |
| 4) | What do you do every day that adds to pollution? |
| 5) | What do you do every day that helps to reduce pollution? |
| 6) | Is there a lot of pollution in your country? |
| 7) | What do you think of people who buy big, gas-guzzling 4WDs when they don’t really need them? |
| 8) | How does pollution affect our health? |
| 9) | Do you think pollution will be a bigger issue in fifty years than it is now? |
| 10) | The former US president Ronald Reagan once said: “Cars don’t cause pollution, trees do.” Do you think US presidents understand a little more about pollution now? |
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POLLUTION DISCUSSION
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
| 1) | What is pollution? |
| 2) | What harm does pollution do to the environment? |
| 3) | What do you get most angry about when you think about pollution? |
| 4) | Do you think the Kyoto Protocol and international meetings help reduce pollution? |
| 5) | Which bothers you more, noise pollution from traffic or environmental pollution from traffic? |
| 6) | What do you know about air, marine and river pollution? |
| 7) | What are the worst pollutants and who are the worst polluters? |
| 8) | What simple, everyday thing could help reduce pollution most? |
| 9) | What do you think about noise pollution? |
| 10) | The famous marine biologist Jacques Cousteau said: “Water and air…have become global garbage cans.” What do you think of his words? |