Climate emergency - The English We Speak

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BBC Learning English


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Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak with me, Feifei...
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...and me, Roy.
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I'm very impressed, Roy. I saw you
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doing some recycling earlier!
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And is that a reusable
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bag?
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Yes, I'm saving the world one bag
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at a time! I was reading
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an article about the climate
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emergency that our world is facing.
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Ahhh so, you found the article
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I left on your desk. I thought you'd
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find it interesting
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and it might help you to become more
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of an eco-warrior like me. I am
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Super Feifei - Queen of Recycling
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and you can be my helper, Roybot.
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What?! You've given yourself a superhero
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name and called me Roybot!
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Why am I the helper?
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Because you're not as cool as me - plus
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someone needs to fight
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this climate emergency.
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Right, well if giving yourself a superhero
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name encourages you to help the planet, I
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support you Super Feifei! Why don't we
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talk about some other ways
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we can fight the climate
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emergency?
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Indeed we will, Roybot - right
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after these examples...
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We need to do more to tackle
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the climate emergency.
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Scientists have declared a climate
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emergency in response to
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the melting ice caps.
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We have taken up recycling in order
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to fight the climate emergency.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC
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Learning English and we're
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talking about the expression
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'climate emergency', which relates to
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the environmental problems
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our planet is facing.
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Well, we've already talked about using
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reusable bags and recycling, but
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what about investing
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in renewable energy sources
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such as wind and solar?
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Yes, I have solar panels on my roof
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to power my superhero base.
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Also, cutting down your meat
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consumption can really help.
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I am vegetarian, but just a reduction
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of the amount of meat you eat can help in
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the battle against the climate emergency.
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And what about cycling, that's much
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better instead of using cars or taxis.
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I thought as a superhero you
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might be able to fly.
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No, I'm trying to reduce my fumes by not
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flying. Cycling for me. Bye Roybot!
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Bye.
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